Each pleura is seen to be a closed sack, which lines the corresponding side of the thorax to form the ectal or parietal lamina, and is reflected upon the viscera to form the ental or visceral lamina

The first thing to do is to find common ground with the person you just met.

President [Franklin] Pierce, like a great war ship, fired two shots across the bows of the Congress, to bring matters to.

If entertaining TV blusterer John McLaughlin felt any contrition after ponying up a six-figure sum to settle a sexual-harassment suit in 1989, he is evidently over it.