He did not say that his wife's brother back on Earth was a phocomelus; he had been born without arms and made use of superb artificial ones designed for him by a Canadian firm which specialized in such equipment.

[…] the author is surprised to find so few imaging projects actually using CD-ROM. He attributes this to the wait and see attitude of potential users who are holding out for new dreamware products which do not exist yet.

What in the world am I going to do with tarnished silver ware? The deeper I dig, I pull out more silver with carved handles.

He would never let her know that he was aware of the strange expedient to which she had been driven by her great distress.