"I was involved in Manchester bids for the Olympics for 13 or 14 years and it was decided some time ago that the BOA would go with a bid by London, " he had said.

BBC: Manchester out of Olympic running

But both style and linguistic acrobatics get erased by translation and go stale with the passage of time.

NEWYORKER: Philipp Meyer

Hamilton led the session for almost an hour before the Finn improved his time by 0.197 seconds to go quickest with a one minute 41.307 secs effort.

BBC: Kovalainen top as McLaren shine

Gronholm, who trails Loeb by 25 points with three races to go, lost far too much time after his enforced gearbox refit.

BBC: Gonholm spits out the dust after his crash

On the other flank, many people who use e-mail decided a long time ago to go with nothing at all, or with "Hi" (followed by the recipient's name), as a reflection of the new informality and ease of note-writing.

CNN: Is 'Dear' dead?

As we have seen on our estate, the crime rate goes down when you give these kids somewhere to go, something to do and by adults they can trust spending quality time with them individually.

BBC: Will locking up young offenders reduce crime?

Conceding the go-ahead touchdown would give the Patriots the ball, down by four points with one time out and almost a minute for Tom Brady to move the ball about 80 yards for a game-winning TD.

FORBES: The Game-Winning Touchdown That Almost Cost The Giants the Super Bowl

Within 25 years, our goal is to have 80 percent of Americans with access to high-speed rail, which could allow you to go to places in half the time it takes by car.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama on the National Wireless Initiative

If inflation gets out of the box however, the market will go off the dial very fast and by the time crazy old guys are trying to buy gas with their silver dollars the Dow could have lots of zeros on it.

FORBES: Why The Dow Will Hit 16,000 By 2015