On the morning Joey Buckley got his wheelchair back, got to leave his bed and move about the hospital grounds alone, I had been up at dawn, before the Georgia sun turned the soft air yellow as butter.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Warm Springs'

But Guangrao too will have a hard time turning Sun Tzu into a soft-power icon.

ECONOMIST: China abroad

Yet a closer look reveals Sun Tzu's flaws as a tool of soft power.

ECONOMIST: China abroad

When the sun is in this state, it also sends less energy out in the soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet parts of its spectrum.

MSN: Earth's upper atmosphere cooling dramatically

Initially, it is a soft, foul-smelling matter that floats on the ocean but through exposure to the sun and the salt water over years it turns into a smooth lump of compact rock which feels waxy and has a sweet smell.

BBC: Rare whale vomit found on Morecambe beach

With the sun setting, the sky is etched with a calligraphy of pink clouds, their reflection a soft wash on the river surface.

CNN: Bradley's twilight cruise