"Mother said with humor quaint, 'Careful, Willie, don't scratch the paint!'"

WSJ: Caroline Kennedy returns to poetry for 10th book

It's a bit difficult to master, but we find it's more efficient if you put a little bit of your fingernail into it -- not too much, of course, you don't want to scratch your precious reader.

ENGADGET: Sony Reader PRS-T2 review: same old e-reader, new and (mostly) improved design

Yes, the Internet represents and presents new challenges, but to resolve them we don't need to start from scratch.

WHITEHOUSE: VP's Remarks to London Cyberspace Conference

If we don't bring schools up to scratch now, we will be condemning pupils to poor and unsuitable conditions and be forced to spend millions more on patching up classrooms as they crumble.

BBC: Sandwell Council in talks over schools' old buildings

In dealing with this situation, we don't have the luxury of starting from scratch.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama: Our Security, Our Values

Countries such as Egypt and Tunisia don't have to build a capitalist system from scratch.

ECONOMIST: The economics of the Arab spring

And don't worry if your theatre trivia is not up to scratch, each item is clearly labelled with details of the stage it set.

BBC: Dine among past plays on London��s Southbank

If you just scratch the surface of the city that might be all you see, but don't forget Los Angeles is home to an enormously creative population.

CNN: New York vs. Los Angeles: L.A. is a 'heavenly place'