Compelled? I like this idea. Like those re-education camps in Vietnam. We line all the young faglings up and force them to watch The Harvey Girls over and over and over again. And The Pirate! And Meet Me in St. Louis! And Judy singing Liza, Liza Minelli on national television to her seemingly less than thrilled but always professional daughter.

Door-openers are like green lights for motorists. They are signals that listeners use to encourage speakers to elaborate on their message.

The large chalice at right is carved from a single chunk of sardonyx, a kind of onyx. Its gilded rim and base are decorated with tiny enamels depicting a host of popular saints, including Nicephorus (farthest left on rim), a Ninth Century patriarch and opponent of a religious movement to destroy icons.

[…] and when Mistress Bridget lost the handle of her fan, I took't upon mine honour thou hadst it not.