And no doubt the dry'd Dirt, and Slime of which we were ſpeaking, would have imbib'd ſome Portion of the Humidity, the Day before the Nile overflow'd, had it not been kept ſo cloſe: but being once releas'd from that Cuſtody, it forthwith ruſhes into the Embraces of the deſir'd Moiſture, following the natural Propenſity of dry Bodies to wet.

The Nagasaki-type [bomb] … had a wider range of yield potential depending on the kind of fissile core and tamper assembly, or pit, used in it.

Never speak of dinner as “grub,” “hash” or “trough-time,” nor refer to the dessert as “an after-clap.”

The District [of Columbia] authored an amicus brief on behalf of 18 states urging affirmance.