Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

During the night and following day of 11 Jumadda I, there was an earthquake in Zabid and its districts; tremors continued day and night and the people were alarmed.

Zhang Lanfeng was a native of Zhecheng county in eastern Henan.…Zhang's political background clearly revealed that he had four basic social ties: his local ties in Zhecheng county, his military ties with Feng's Guominjun and later with the Northwest Army (xibei jun), his teacher-student ties at the Northwest Military Academy, and his tie to Chiang Kaishek.

The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally[…]