ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank Messrs. J. E. Deacon, D. A. Distler, Wallace Ferrel, D. L. Hoyt, F. E. Maendele, C. O. Minckley, B. C. Nelson, and J. C. Tash for assistance in the field and for valuable suggestions.
— from Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by W. L. Minckley

[Footnote: The Reverend John Erskine, D. D, an eminent Scottish divine and a most excellent man, headed the Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland at the time when the celebrated Doctor Robertson, the historian, was the leader of the Moderate party.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

Finally the new ring, comprising as leading spirits Jay Gould and James Fisk, Jr., eliminated Daniel Drew and left him high and dry without a cent, through a new stock corner.
— from The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States by John Moody