I tried a window crank, which turned smoothly, without so much as a whine or a creak.
By the time she was outlined from knees to head, the applause was thunderous. The inevitable inference was that in this part of the world there had been a remarkable and unique degree of continuity between the life of over three hundred million years ago and that of only thirty million years ago. About seven million pounds of thrust when those two strap-on roman candles get lit.
Truly the ways of allah were wonderful, passing the comprehension of man, sheikh yussuf thought with only the slightest taste of bitterness in his throat, as he hung grimly on to the tiller and made his run for the land.