Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke.

First, many of the welfare gains of the previous two decades or more turned out to have been illusory, as house and share prices tumbled, jobs disappeared and frothy investment opportunities collapsed.

Albert is so talented and creative, that everything he touches turns to gold. The major studios want to hire him!

We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.