Tin Pan Alley had disappeared years before, but Riley continued to write the songs that dwelt in his soul, even if they were long out of fashion.

The demonstrators soon forgot the reasons they were marching after a team of acrobats—paid by the government—began to perform a series of intricate and dangerous tricks for the now halted mob.

A well thrown snowball sparked the war that would eventually embroil half the world.

Bert was always in trouble with the Masons, since he was notorious for getting drunk and telling everyone within earshot the secret society's secrets.

The rumbling of his belly broke the silence in the room and all eyes turned in his direction.

They were trampled to death in the rush for the newest toy.

The mist rolled onto the roadway, obscuring the wreck a hundred yards ahead.