The electrocardiogram manifests with a basic second degree conduction block, e.g. a 2:1 ratio associated with a bundle branch block pattern.

The third and last Punic War (151-146 B.C.E) led to the complete destruction of Carthage.

Failure became a buzz word when the dotcom bubble burst in the late Nineties. Many paper millionaires instantly became part of the 90 per cent club (people who had lost 90 per cent of their wealth, or more). The casualties got together and dot-commiserated.

Our Norseman found himself standing on the deck of a huge black-hulled Cunarder.