During the day, the surrounding blocks are no better, full of cheesy bars, tacky shops and brash, neon nastiness.

The poor condition of tofu dregs schoolhouses was used to explain the high casualty rate, but the statistic did not fly. The ratio of young to old among the dead—roughly one to ten—ought to have been less stark.

The gorgeous East with richest hand / Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.

That candidate will never get the job: he's a right scruff.