I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.

Instead, Korda squeezes Eisenhower’s extraordinary two-term presidency — not to mention his stints as president of Columbia University and commander of NATO forces — into 140 themeless pages.

My few senses long ago revealed to me their imperfections and deceptivity.

[C]olheita is actually a tawny Port from a single vintage. In other words, it has aged (and softened and tawnied) in wood for many years.