Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment.

An H variety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.

London Liverpool Street beat off stiff competition to be highly commended in this category, despite having had no major redevelopment for three decades.