Precoginition means knowing in advance, and systems of knowing cover just about every possible source of variation. They include..causimomancy (the study of objects placed in the fire)... None of these need be taken seriously...

The task was the harder in that the restored service had not only to start forthwith but also to last for several months pending modifications to the multiple-unit electric stock, and this called for organisation on a semi-permanent basis.

There poppies bloom in all the dell / To perfume the air in sweetsome smell / To the song of Shirley Seed.

Although he has an MBA from Harvard, he still ran the company into the ground.