They gave him a cash award, in lieu of the promised prize package.

It was the grass-eaters, the commission found, that made corruption respectable within the organization, encouraging a code of silence among officers.

In this study, AO was performed for 0.5 h at room temperature in 2.0 M acetic acid solution potentiostatically controlled at a voltage of 500 V with a current of 50 mA/cm 2 .

This is […] a break with the practice at American diamond stores, where shopping for engagement rings is a solemnized and somewhat stressfully churchlike experience of awe and trembling before the altar of massive debt.