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and committed individuals… In serving an empire they gave and received, changed others and were themselves changed and often returned home with tangible reminders of their experiences.

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, north-east Scotland made a disproportionate impact on the world at large by contributing so many skilled

Shadia turned away; there was an ugliness in the life-like wispiness of his hair, his determined expression, the way he sat.

first thing they saw was a Scottish man from Victorian times. He sat on a chair surrounded with possessions from Africa, over-flowing trunks, an ancient map strewn on the floor of the glass cabinet.

Shadia, gold-coloured, not gold. It’s smart.

People are going to burn in Hell for eating out of gold dishes; you want to sit on gold

People are going to burn in Hell for eating out of gold dishes; you want to sit on gold

To make herself pleasing to people was a skill Shadia was well-trained in. It was not difficult to please people.

In discriminant analysis, a linear combination of variables serves as the basis for assigning cases to groups …

She plunged ahead, careless now, reckless, ‘I don’t like your long hair.’