I think we have to bear in mind that he'd been wrestled with, shot at, been in a wild chase, and now he's being confronted with a person carrying an automatic weapon at port arms.

Russia negotiated yet one more agreement with China, this time to link the Liao-tung concession by rail to the Chinese Eastern Railway at Ha-erh-pin (Harbin), located in the middle of Manchuria.

His poor diction meant that most of the audience didn't really understand the key points of the presentation.

The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.