Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.

COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.

UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.

WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven.

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, "Homo ventrambulans".