quote [ Scientists were expecting to see Brood VI bugs in South Carolina and Georgia, which happened, but they got a surprise when Brood X cicadas also started appearing in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Ohio and Indiana last week—four years earlier than anticipated. ]

quote [ In interviews Trump gave in the 1980s and 1990s (with Tom Brokaw, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, Charlie Rose, and others), he spoke articulately, used sophisticated vocabulary, inserted dependent clauses into his sentences without losing his train of thought, and strung together sentences into a polished paragraph, which — and this is no mean feat — would have scanned just fine in print. ]

quote [ A heartbroken man gets a second chance at redemption when he's able to deliver his wife's dying wish to another longtime companion, his faithful TV. ]

quote [ No matter what he did, I had the President's back. But last night’s air strike in Syria changed everything. For me, it was the first – and final – straw. ]

quote [ For months, when drivers tried to log out, the app would frequently tell them they were only a certain amount away from making a seemingly arbitrary sum for the day, or from matching their earnings from that point one week earlier. ]

quote [ Last December, he received a letter telling him the plate would be cancelled in January because the public cannot be expected to know it is his last name and "can misinterpret it as a socially unacceptable slogan." ]

quote [ "So — I’m lonely, I can’t stop talking. This is like visitors’ day at prison for me." ]