Newspapers were being founded and sinking all the time in Rio, then a small but expanding city.

ECONOMIST: Roberto Marinho

Or the hitter in a baseball game trying to concentrate on making contact with a small sphere coming at him at over 90 miles per hour while prone to curving or sinking at any time, all while tuning out 40, 000 or so screaming, clapping fans trying to energize the pitcher.

FORBES: Make Some Noise

Back from their half term break, peers waste no time in sinking their teeth into the Health and Social Care Bill.

BBC: Week ahead in Parliament