| 1 | Of course, in the hard-driving, norm-busting world of hedge funds, there have been few rules to bank on. | |
| 2 | I punched numbers into my Excel spreadsheet, relieved that no matter which way you turn them, two plus two equals four. | |
| 3 | In 1530 it meant to paralyze, deaden, stupefy, to stun or deprive of sensation, as by a blow. | |
| 4 | He entered the house, but the strangest things were going on there. On the first flight of stairs, the dustpan and the broom were fighting, and violently hitting one other. | |
| 5 | As she walked into the trap two teens began viciously attacking her, slamming her head against the wall, punching her in the face, and basically beating her body to a pulp. |