It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.
Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.
Let me tell you, quite frankly, it took a while and a lot of therapy to get here.
The first vehicle that screamed past -- an ambulance -- didn't even slow down.
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
Now we were descending just as steeply.
You freeze where you are, time stops, and your heart thunders in your ears.