Mizuho denied it, but the report was a gut punch for the stock market, where the Nikkei average sank 189 points or 1.5% Wednesday, and retreated another 22 points today to close at 12,607.

Model test and actual ditchings of various aircraft indicate that ditchings into the wall of water created by the major swell is roughly analogous to flying into a mountain.

Sir Toby: and for his / cowardship, ask Fabian. Fabian: A coward, a most devout coward, religious in it!

The secret of success lies never in the amount of money, but in the relation of income to outgo; as if, after expense has been fixed at a certain point, then new and steady rills of income, though never so small, being added, wealth begins.