| 1 | The star power of British celebrities appears to be on the wane. | |
| 2 | His companionship made it possible for me to shake off my shrinking sensitiveness. | |
| 3 | My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes. | |
| 4 | Years may wrinklethe skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinklesthe soul. | |
| 5 | The Democrats, meanwhile, strike some white men as effete, cosmopolitan and condescending. |
