| 1 | The lies played well to Aurra's natural fears of abandonment and betrayal. | |
| 2 | These unwarlike auxiliaries gave way like cheese to a knife. | |
| 3 | Then the Rockets crashed, and revealed how ugly any offense can become when bogged down by turnovers and mistakes, and backed by little defense. | |
| 4 | The Coalition, which the Czar and he did so much to form, was a house of cards that fell at the conqueror's first touch; | |
| 5 | The perfecting of a technology by a well managed company catering to its best customers leaves it vulnerable to "disruption" by a cheaper, scrappier alternative that is good enough for everyone else. |