boom-and-bust

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.

Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.

She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

The back of her head will be quite in line with her charming little bust, and I for one shall walk round and laugh in her face.

No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.

Among these are "Medusa," a bronze bust; and a "Mater Dolorosa," in terra-cotta.

There was a distant, dull boom in the air—a repeated heavy thud.