Moscow’s food stores, formerly famed for bare shelves and long lines, are now kept stocked with fresh champignons and greens[…].

With substantial public input, the team has chosen “Ultima Thule” (pronounced ultima thoo-lee”) for the Kuiper Belt object the New Horizons spacecraft will explore on Jan. 1, 2019.

Then somebody told a story about the Swedish Majesty's last sojourn in Norway. There, at a railway station, Oscar ran against a crusty old farmer who thought himself a lot better than a mere king and kept his hat on.

…water is of itself fleeting, but by strength of cold it is turned and made stedfast crystal.