Nature beat out nurture when Nick beat his stepbrother to death.

First the animals disappeared and then the children.

When the pigeon alighted on his tightrope, Jean knew it was the end of the line.

He wondered where all his time, money, and friends had disappeared to over the years. 

Ira tossed his computer, angry over the erectile disfunction and adult diaper ads peppering him every time he got on-line.

The rains came suddenly and swept away the heat and stink that had turned the whole neighborhood mean that week.

"How do you know, if you don't try," he said, slowly moving towards me.