The vested owners of all those sun-drenched tract houses may stick around for a while and fight over the region, perhaps thinking that they are reenacting the great historical dramas of the nineteenth century—such is the long-term effect of canned entertainment on the collective imagi­nation.

The eviscerators stand between three and five feet apart; quality control people sit further apart, between about every fourth or fifth eviscerator.

When Nudger and Claudia were finished eating they drove to the Ted Drewes frozen custard stand on Chippewa and stood in line for a couple of chocolate chip concretes.

War-ridden countries are generally unable to provide basic services for their citizens.