I do confesse the Prince for many reasons might not only be allowed but wished a second, and succesfull love; that he may know our Sex have joyes that may outprise his sufferings […]

The computer program does some general housekeeping involving initializing variables and opening files before beginning the main processing.

The second, and more mathsy, way of working out the probability is like this: […]

But the president's most irreversible, almost God-like power is the authority granted to him under Article II, Section 2, of the United States Constitution, to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses Against the United States. . . . The power is absolute-even a serial killer could be pardoned-and utterly unreviewable. It cannot be rescinded by the next president. The president may grant a pardon before a trial, after a trial, or without a trial. Once granted, a pardon can never be taken away.