The earth's oceans remain level in relation to the pull of gravity.

Since Italian dishes can be on the oily side, learn to lemonize by ordering several lemon wedges that can help emulsify excess oil.

Mrs Dobson shouted: “Put on your anorak, Frank, you daft ha’p’orth, the maroon one I fetched you for your 60th, or you’ll catch your death.”

And the administration's big guns — Bush, Cheney, Powell and once-and-current Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — had the clout to make bold and necessary changes.