Anyone with basic first-aid training was pressed into service as a triage nurse after the earthquake.

The EPS was characterized and its properties as a bioadsorbent were determined.

In his inaugural, President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics'.

His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.