The Hans strove to capture the important trade route with the west through Hami, Aksu, Kashgar, Turfan and Khotan.

This uncertainty often appears in Beckettian criticism—take the Scrutonian hesitation over Beckett's 'characters (if characters they can be called)', or John Pilling's admission that, in Beckett, character can become an 'impossibly complicated matter'.

And, alas! there are even strange golfers who are sighing always for newfanglements, feeling that the things they cannot or must not have, are much better than the things they are blessed with.

The silk and satin dresses—all sleeveless, trainless, and above the ankle—spun out a lightness, a feeling of romance and hope.