These two principles are to some extent in conflict in every animal group and at all times; sometimes the one preponderates so that for millions of years the species remains the same, again the other preponderates so that perhaps even in a few decimillennia new subspecies arise.

She brought him off with her mouth, while gently tickling his balls, and got herself off with her fingers while she did him.

At the upfronts I always learned something too about what the American people want: heartwarming dramas, women’s stuff, sports, heroism, complex characters, real people, guilty pleasures, eye candy, names they can trust, ambiguous villains, simple comedies, hipster hipness, good old-fashioned values, edginess, upscaleness, satire, science fiction, girls, boys, Latinas, crime procedurals, urban sitcoms, aspirationalism, a way to express their anger.

On the outside, the Trans-Am still looked like a rusty bucket of bolts, but if all his little adjustments kicked in as planned, the thing should take off like a rocket.