The successful sniper makes one bid only—and makes it count. Sniping happens on eBay because the end time of each auction is rigidly enforced. If you know that an auction ends at 12:01:30, you can time your snipe to hit at 12:01:29, leaving no time for any other bidders to trump your bid.

Some skinks have adopted a subterrain life and have dispensed with their limbs.

As looks the ſun through Nilus flowing ſtream, Or when the morning holds him in her armes. So lookes my Lordly loue, faire Tamburlaine: […]

But he called it unfundable; it’s barely past the idea phase, and venture capitalists invest in projects that will be commercially viable in three to five years.