Most ship-to-ship engagements are skirmishes between patrol vessels of cruiser weight and below, with dreadnoughts and carriers only deployed in full-scale fleet actions. Battles in open space are short and often inconclusive, as the weaker opponent generally disengages.

The fewer inclusions a diamond has, the better is its clarity and value. Often the inclusions can be cut out of a diamond in the rough.

The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient.

The formal economy recovered growthwise with a whopping 7 percent, and although a trade deficit opened in June, the neoliberal choir crooned that all was well.