People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.

I've decided to skip 'holistic'. I don't know what it means, and I don't want to know. That may seem extreme, but I followed the same strategy toward 'Gestalt' and the 'Twist', and lived to tell the tale.

Do my ears deceive me, or can I actually hear the sounds of worms turning? You say a turning worm makes no sound? But how about a chorus of turning worms?

If General Haig is so smart, why did he finish 214th (out of 310) in his graduating class at West Point? Does that mean there are 213 generals his age who are smarter than he is?

Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in.

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.