Tomophobia is the fear of surgical procedures or medical intervention.

Salvation never finds its way to a prayerless heart.

Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly, would you do that at the beginning of a date?

The process through which China was forcibly drawn into the worldwide European-dominated international system is that of the demise of Sinocentrism. … If we telescope the changes of the Chinese views of the world and of their dealings with the outside nations and states in the years from 1840 to 1900, it is clear that the physical demise of Sinocentrism can be found in China's recognition of equality of other states with China; …