The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit.

Even avid wine lovers can be struck with a temporary case of oenophobia -- fear of wine -- around Thanksgiving.

The crucial difference, however, is that in all but one of these English situations, the equitable ownership reappears within at most eighty years: the discretion is exercised, the estate is administered, the unborn vagitate.

Later, when I was not in quite such a vulnerable position, I decided that it was a ridiculously convoluted, Heath Robinsonian piece of machinery, a bit much even for Mycroft.