It was luxurious and rich, and full of taste; but there was no attempt to recall the past in the details; no cabinets and clocks of French kings, or tables of French queens, no chairs of Venetian senators, no candelabra, that had illumined Doges of Genoa, no ancient porcelain of rare schools, and ivory carvings and choice enamels.
— from Lothair by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.4% (2004) Investment (gross fixed): % of GDP NA Budget: revenues: NA expenditures: NA Public debt: % of GDP NA Agriculture - products: grains, tobacco, potatoes, citrus fruits, olives, grapes; sheepherding; commercial fishing negligible Industries: steelmaking, agricultural processing, consumer goods, tourism Electricity - production: 2.864 billion kWh 2.864 billion kWh (2005 est.)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

They have eighteen marriage divisions or gōtras, named after persons from whom the various gōtras are said to have been descended.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 6 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

How many do our guests number at present?”
— from The Spell by William Dana Orcutt