Boiloff of the tungsten from the filament that adheres to the inside of a tungsten-standard bulb blade

The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.

Three out of the four Chang sisters grew up in Soochow, yet they all considered themselves natives of Hofei: they spoke Hofei dialect, had Hofei nurse-nannies, and could all recall details of that world, even though they had only heard about it from other people. Hofei sits in the middle of Anhwei province, between the Huai and the Yangtze Rivers.* The military first recognized its strategic importance twenty-seven hundred years ago. Then, Hofei straddled two rival kingdoms and so naturally became the venue of their seesaw struggles.

Agatha was as cloddish as her name – plain and thick, pasty-faced.