Theme: B AND E. (38A. Burglary, for short ... and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers) - Each theme entry is in the pattern of B* E*:
17A. Medical licensing test: BOARD EXAM.
59A. Online mass marketing message: BULK EMAIL.
10D. Wearing away of a riverside slope: BANK EROSION.
23D. Torso-twisting "spin" that has no effect on the ball: BODY ENGLISH.
Boomer here.
"BE - All that you can -BE". I remember that BEing a commercial to join the Army. It didn't work for me. I could not find a bowling center or a golf course in Hardheim, Germany. Spring Bowling League ends tonight. I will try to keep my golf clubs busy until Labor Day.
"BE - All that you can -BE". I remember that BEing a commercial to join the Army. It didn't work for me. I could not find a bowling center or a golf course in Hardheim, Germany. Spring Bowling League ends tonight. I will try to keep my golf clubs busy until Labor Day.
Across:
1. Esau's twin: JACOB. Some of these old biblical stories live on and on.
6. Wee bit: TAD.
6. Wee bit: TAD.
9. Cause to blush: ABASH. Also a big hit by Albert Pujols.
14. Love, in Milan: AMORE. "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie !"
15. Hoopla: ADO. What is the next note on the scale after a Ti ?
16. 1945 "Big Three" summit site: YALTA.
The "Big Three" were Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph
Stalin. They agreed to demand that Germany surrender and end WWII,
probably because Germany had no golf courses or bowling centers.
20. "Pull up a chair": SIT.
21. "Ghostbusters" goo: SLIME. "Who ya gonna call ??
22. Sport with rifles and disks: SKEET. I don't know about rifles. We used to shoot skeet with shotguns.
23. Tot's mealtime chest protector: BIB. I sometime eat meals in a reclining chair. I could use a bib.
24. Cardin of design: PIERRE. The capital city of South Dakota. C.C. and I visited there once.
25. Translates, as a cipher: DECODES. Got the sniffles ? Dayquil may DECODE you.
29. Deborah of "The King and I": KERR.
30. Get away from: EVADE. In Pac-Man you may need to EVADE Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde.
31. Rain really hard: POUR.
When it rains, it pours. A slogan for Morton Salt. Maybe, but when
humidity gums it up in its box, sometimes it does NOT pour.
33. Smell: ODOR. Would you like a picture of Rougned? Or will you be happy this time to fill in an easy answer to an easy clue.
37. Group of quail: BEVY. Quail is common, but I played golf lst week on a hole with a BEVY of ducks.
39. Pen name that sounds like a drink: SAKI. Never heard of these pens.
40. Maple or sycamore: TREE.
41. 1998 film with talking bugz?: ANTZ.
42. Longed (for): PINED. Add an "N" in the middle and you've added a tail to a donkey.
43. State between Mont. and Minn.: N DAK. Been there many times. You may have seen us at Teddy Roosevelt's state park last week.
45. Transfers from computer to cloud, say: UPLOADS.
47. Theater platforms: STAGES.
50. Actor McKellen: IAN.
51. Instruments for Yo-Yo Ma: CELLI. If that's the plural for cello, I'll take your word for it.
52. Flinch or blink: REACT.
55. "Hulk" director Lee: ANG.
58. Thing of the past: RELIC. Many churches named after saints may have a relic of that saint somewhere.
61. Won by __: squeaked out the victory: A NOSE. I'll bet Jimmy Durante won a lot.
62. Wrath: IRE.
63. Artery in an angiogram: AORTA. This is very special, you cannot live without it.
64. Unverified stories: MYTHS.
65. Mariner's "Help!": SOS.
I heard that when Samuel Morse built his code, he made the "S" and "O"
short clicks so that a danger could be clicked conveniently and quickly.
66. Called the game: UMPED. I know many people who have Umpired games.
Down:
1. Short punches: JABS.
2. Mine, in Metz: A MOI. - Where is METZ? And do they have land mines there ?
3. Paint layer: COAT.
4. Hockey immortal: ORR. Bruin Bobby. Defenseman scored more goals than Miguel Sano strikeouts.
5. Place for reading a nighttime story to a tot: BEDSIDE.
6. Ride with a meter: TAXI. Great sitcom, where Judd Hirsch and Danny DeVito became famous.
7. Actor Sandler: ADAM. He was great in "The Longest Yard" but of course my favorite was "Happy Gilmore".
8. Rotunda topper: DOME. Also a stadium topper in Minneapolis from 1982 - to about 2010.
9. Sailor's assent: AYE SIR. I think there are two AYEs in that
11. Change: ALTER.
12. Rodeo bovine: STEER. I have a wheel coming out of dashboard for this.
13. Poker Flat chronicler Bret: HARTE.
18. North Sea feeder: ELBE. This river runs through Germany Northwest to Southeast. Quite a bit east of Hardheim.
24. Dijon dad: PERE.
25. Credit report item: DEBT. FICO
score should be good enough. It rhymes with GEICO. Mike, Mike, Mike,
Mike -- What day is it ??? Whatever happened to the cavemen anyway??
26. At any time: EVER. "If you're ever in a jam, here I am".
27. Home to Alley Oop: CAVE. The man in the funny papers we all know? Not in our paper.
28. Hit on the tush: SPANK. And Darla's forget me not "ALFAL"
29. Invasive Asian vine: KUDZU.
32. Toronto's prov.: ONT. I am little more familiar with Manitoba just North of MN. They play hockey there too.
34. Delany of "Desperate Housewives": DANA.
35. Approved: OKED. Stuck in a panhandle.
36. Frees (of): RIDS.
38. Sounds at shearings: BAAS. Sounds at a Brewers Cubs game - BOOS
42. Kin of a mesa: PLATEAU.
44. Gets the frost off, as plane wings: DEICES. Yeah, were two hours late in Feb on a flight MSP to LAS.
46. Prospector's tool: PICK. I use one to get little bits of food out of my teeth.
47. "Get lost!": SCRAM.
48. So, so small: TEENY. Weeny itsy bitsy yellow polka dot bikini.
49. Portion out: ALLOT. When I portion out my dinner, I always go with A LOT.
52. Sluggers' stats: RBIS. Sometimes you need to be lucky to have teammates on base when you get your hits.
53. Milan money: EURO.
54. Taproom orders: ALES. I expect it may normally be BEER.
55. Strong lobby for seniors: AARP.
Not me. I canceled membership after one year. All I got was a lot of
junk mail disguised as good deals if I spent my money.
56. Late time, in ads: NITE.
57. Delighted: GLAD. Plastic bag or wrap. Do not throw it in the ocean!
60. Judy, to Liza: MOM. We used to have a boss named Marvin O. Mechelke. When you got a memo signed MOM, you knew who it came from.
Boomer
There was a girl from ONTARIO
ReplyDeleteWho wanted to be a cheery ho!
She'd make her Johns GLAD
Such as she could be had,
And pocketed a whole lot of EUR-e-O!
ADAM took a TAXI, on its top there was a DOME,
That said it was a taxi for taking Adam home.
If it didn't have a dome
Could it still take Adam home?
Adam wasn't sure, so from home he didn't roam!
Her bikini was so TEENY that TAD thought it but a dab.
And so he offered her a BIB -- it was all he had.
It did protect her cleavage
When SLIME POURED thru a leakage --
And other points to south that were as lightly clad!
{R, A-, MA.}
FIR IN 23:00 MIN.
ReplyDeleteGood Monday morning friends.
First to close Sunday, I worked on the CW several times starting at midnight when it was available, and finishing after midnight today. I didn't take time for C.C.'s review or comments.
Now to today:
Thank you Gail Grabowski & Bruce Venzke for your easy CW.
Thank you Boomer for your excellent review.
25 A -- Groan, I have a "code" in my nose.
37 A -- Group of quail: BEVY. I wanted "Covey."
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Good morning!
ReplyDeleteThe theme didn't rise up and slap me upside my haid, so I didn't notice it until I'd finished the puz. But I enjoyed the outing, GG and BV, and the punny expo, Boomer. (We had a bowling alley, six lanes I think, at NAVCOMMSTA, Guam. You should've joined the Navy.)
39 across? Pen name? I believe we need to be talking about Hugh Munro. A different pen name, not the name of a pen!
ReplyDeleteBVGG on Friday GGBV on Monday. I thought it included some curveballs for Monday including SAKI as clued and thus use of METZ in a clue. I was looking for a Boomer baseball reference to the NY Mets...
ReplyDeleteThanks all.
Morning all,
ReplyDeletegot it done....everything OK, but I'm having a brain dead moment. How is BANDE or B AND E or whatever associated with a BURGLARY? It must have come up in "How to be a crook" school after I flunked out.
FIR, but erased AYE aye for AYE SIR (hi Boomer).
ReplyDeleteI like DANA Delany and liked Desperate Housewives. Where do I send in my Man Card?
DE ICE is what the bartender better do to Tin's drink, if a tip is expected.
I'm probably the only Cornerite that didn't know HARTE x PIERRE. My clothing lines tend to be the house brands at Dillard's and Kohl's.
Thanks to Gail 'n Bruce for another fun, easy-ish puzzle. And thanks to Boomer for the chuckles. Today was one of your best.
Good morning.
ReplyDeleteWe had Bruce and Gail on Friday, and now we have Gail and Bruce today. C.C. has explained that the person that has the seed idea for the theme gets listed first. Regardless of who gets first billing, their puzzles are always fun.
Boomer, good catch noticing the clue said rifles.
The Busch Stadium fans gave Albert a warm welcome Friday as he returned as an Angel to the home field of the team that took a chance on him in the 13th round with the 402nd pick in the 1999 draft.
He hit a bash, I mean home run on Saturday, the 646th of his career and got another huge ovation from the St Louis fans. The fans don't resent him for leaving the Cardinals for the ten year deal with the Angels. It's just business in the MLB these days.
Hondo, B and E is police lingo for Breaking and Entering
Hondo,
ReplyDeleteBreaking and Entering. n. 1) the criminal act of entering a residence or other enclosed property through the slightest amount of force (even pushing open a door), without authorization. If there is intent to commit a crime, this is burglary.
So, if you just need a place to sleep or maybe take a shower, then it is not considered burglary. So, technically, B AND E is not always a crime of burglary?
Speaking of technically...I'm looking at you 22a.
ReplyDeletePer Mossburg website:
"There are two sub-categories of long-guns: shotguns and rifles. A shotgun is a long-gun that has a smooth barrel, and a rifle is a long-gun that has a rifled barrel. Therefore, if a firearm has a buttstock, it is over 26 inches long, and it has a smooth barrel, it is a shotgun. If any of those variables change, then the firearm is no longer considered a shotgun under federal law."
As a gun enthusiast who has on occasion shot SKEET, I know of no one who has ever used a rifle to shoot skeet or in trapshooting. Not even a rifled shotgun, which are so rare I've never seen one. I imagine Rich doesn't shoot so the oversight is understandable, although still incorrect.
Per wiki under SKEET shooting entry:
"The firearm of choice for this task is usually a high-quality, double-barreled over and under shotgun with 26- to 30-inch barrels and very open chokes. Often, shooters will choose an improved cylinder choke (one with a tighter pattern) or a skeet choke (one with a wider pattern), but this is a matter of preference. Some gun shops refer to this type of shotgun as a skeet gun. Skeet chokes are designed to be a 30-inch circle at 21 yards distance. Alternatively a sporting gun or a trap gun is sometimes used. These have longer barrels (up to 34 inches) and tighter choke. Many shooters of American skeet and other national versions use semi-automatic and pump-action shotguns."
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Thanks
I haven't shot a lot of skeet (or trap), but I did shoot once with a .22 rifle. It was at Camp Philmont in New Mexico in 1963. It's a Boy Scout camp, and I spent a week there that summer, where each day had a different activity. Details are a bit fuzzy, but I remember enough to recall that the rifles were a "sharpshooter" type with a thick barrel of approx 1 1/4" O.D. And they were fitted with a bipod due to their weight, so you had to shoot from a prone position. The clay pigeons were quite small, probably about 2 1/2 to 3" diameter, they were also much thicker than the type used with a shotgun and the lower edges were rounded. The thrower was mechanical, so it was pretty predictable after you'd seen a couple of them fly. I've never heard of or seen it since, but it does exist. I don't remember doing very well at it, but did hit at least a couple of the targets.
ReplyDeleteI am having a Hard Time understanding Hardheim
ReplyDeleteQuick little Monday puzzle. I checked the perps and stared at BANDE for a while until I parsed Breaking and Entering.
ReplyDeleteMy BIL was a shooting enthusiast before his heart and lung problems slowed him down. I am not sure whether he did skeet shooting or trap shooting. Anyhow, he used a shotgun.
I have read Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat." It was made into several different movie versions.
I knew SAKI/Munro right away, but have no idea where I met his name. Looking it up now, none of his work seems familiar. Funny the odd tidbits we retain. The name reminds me of Japanese sake, maybe that is why it sticks.
No Monday morning blues for us retirees.
Thanks Joe.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me feel better about 22a that in rural New Mexico in 1963 a group of 12-year-old boys used a .22 caliber rifle to shoot at some moving clay targets. I apologize to Rich for raising a stink. The clue stands.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteIt's always a pleasure to begin the week with a Gail and Bruce offering, especially one as smooth and easy, breezy as today's. Not one w/o, not one unknown, and not one complaint, just pure fun and enjoyment. I saw the B ~ E connection early on, but the reveal was still a surprise. Nice CSO to CanadianEh at Ont.
Thanks, Gail and Bruce, for an enjoyable solve and thanks, Boomer, for many chuckles and fun facts.
FLN
YR, thanks for the update on Alan. I couldn't be happier for you both, especially for your peace of mind. How is David and his wife?
Misty, I hope Dusty is back to his old darling self.
Good health wishes to Abejo, Owen, and Wilbur.
Have a great day.
Marvellous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Gail and Bruce, and Boomer.
ReplyDeleteThis should have been easy but my brain must have Monday fog. I could not see the theme even with the entire CW filled. I Googled to double check that Asian vine, which changed Kunzu to KUDZU, but I did not parse BANDE. I was trying to relate BOARD, BANK, BODY, BULK to burglary (it works for BANK), but could not DECODE. Lightbulb moment when I arrived here.
Then I also discovered that my Abase should have been ABASH; if I had been more attentive, HARTE instead of Earte would have corrected that. Oh well, I had fun.
I had Pike before PICK, but perps fixed that.
BODY ENGLISH is an interesting expression. I presume it originates from the idea of speaking using "body language" (will it be Body French for PIERRE and his PERE?).
Yes, I will take a CSO for ONT (LOL after my Nova SCOTIA comment FLN).
Glad to hear your report YR.
Wishing you all a great day.
Musings¬
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-My druggist – Madison from Wisconsin, garage door fixer – Lincoln from Nebraska, now I need to meet a PIERRE from South Dakota
-POUR? We’ve had so much this spring including 4” in last two days
-My BEVY was first a misspelled COV(E)Y
-Sycamores give off a very distinctive ODOR
-Ever get socked in the shoulder from “One for flinching”?
-When granddaughter has her first child, she will receive the Disney BEDSIDE book set I have read to her countless times
-PICKING your teeth at the table? Ewww…
Good morning folks. Thank you, Gail Grabowski & Bruce Venke, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Boomer, for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the Skeet. As I see it, the biggest problem with using a rifle, with a slug, is that the slug will go forever.
The puzzle went by quickly. I tried to get it last night via cruciverb, but no cigar. However, cruciverb had it this morning. So, all is well.
Went through the grid from top to bottom. No real problems. My only unknown was the theme. B AND E. I have never heard that term before. I am sure someone can explain that to me.
Off to my day. Still cannot go anywhere because I cannot fasten any of my trousers. I can do computer work, read, etc.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Good morning, Cornerites! It’s another wet day in Montana.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyable puzzle today. Very enjoyable review by Boomer. (My little town of 1500 has a great bowling alley. It also has a fine golf course.)
We had 17 pelicans on the river in front of my home yesterday. Too many names for a group of them.
CanadianEh, I noticed yesterday that many businesses have put up brand new Canada flags including the city. Anywhere we have a USA flag, there is a Montana flag and a Canadian one. I’ll bet there are over a dozen Canadian flags flying overhead this week. We have an annual summer celebration that swells our population to 6000+ by end of week.
ABASH slowed me down and I didn’t get the theme. Thanks for all the explanations.
Montana
I got past the Robot, first try this morning.
ReplyDeleteThat’s never happened before!
Good day!
Montana
Good Morning, Boomer and friends. This was a fun way to "BREAK AND ENTER" into the week.
ReplyDeleteNice to see JACOB. We usually get his hairy twin brother.
I tried AYE, AYE, before SKEET let me to AYE, SIR.
I also tried Glee before GLAD.
The Pen Name refers to British author, whose given name was Hector Hugo Munro (Dec. 18, 1870 ~ Nov. 14, 1916). He is best known for his satire and short stories.
QOD: All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. ~ Ambrose Bierce (June 24, 1842 ~ disappeared 1914)
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteEasy solve. Only write-over was I had pelt before POUR. Liked the theme but if you got it early it allowed you to prefill the B's and with an educated guess, the E's.
AARP - What Boomer said. They even lie to you when taking a survey. They say it's neutral or non-political, and then endorse a candidate anyway. Their travel discounts can mostly be gotten anyway simply by asking the vendor for Senior benefits.
AYE SIR - Heard that a lot on the Bridge, especially from the helmsman and lee helmsman to the Conning Officer.
What a treat to get a Monday Gail and Bruce puzzle! (TTP, thanks for reminding us of C.C.'s explanation of the order of the names). I had a great time working my way through all the neat clues, and everything fell into place except the theme. Took me forever to realize it had to be B AND E, and although I now saw all the B and E words in the themes I still didn't get how that refers to burglary. Finally looked it up before coming to the blog and the helpful Urban Dictionary gave me the Breaking And Entering! Yay! Got it! Delightful puzzle with a lovely grid design--many thanks, Gail and Bruce. And, Boomer, I haven't thought about Jimmy Durante in years--thanks so much for posting his picture.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, for asking about Dusty, Irish Miss. He seems to be fine today, and gave a doxie smile when I told him you asked about him.
Have a great week, everybody!
A brilliant response by our Boomer to a nice Monday opener from the Grabowski/Venzke collaboration!
ReplyDeleteJanice, my wife, had spinal surgery (only "minor," as they dubbed it) early today. I just rec'd a welcome call from the doc that everything went well. Now waiting to hear if they need to keep her over--or if she can come home today.
Misty ~
Glad to know Dusty is well! I can visualize the smile line along that long jaw. Our moods are so influenced by the well being of our animals, the very definition of symbiosis.
~ OMK
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DR: 3-way on the mirror side.
The main diagonal anagram today seems to be a tribute to one of those stern and hardened teaching sisters I remember from the 2nd grade, maybe Sister Agatha, a veritable...
"METALLIKE NUN"!
ReplyDeleteThis Monday grid almost filled itself, a great way to start the week.
No markovers today.
I still remember the first Monday after retirement...no alarm, woke up the same time anyway, looked at the clock, sat up quick, remembered, smiled, put my head back on the pillow.
Monday morning blues no more, even better is the lack of Sunday Evening Angst.
See you tomorrow.
An enjoyable puzzle from GG and BV today. I like that it was not so easy that it could be filled without effort. (There's my Mueller-esque double negative for the day.) I did have to actually use my brain, which is a good thing. (There's my Martha Stewart-ish stock phrase of the day.) Thanks again to Gail and Bruce.
ReplyDeleteThanks again to you, too, Boomer, for a fun-to-read write-up.
Yeah, I did a double take about a rifle being used in SKEET shooting.
OwenKL, I especially liked your verse about ADAM and his TAXI ride.
Every time our landline phone rings and it's a number we don't recognize, my wife exclaims, "Crook!" I don't think she learned that from crook school.
DANA Delaney has currently been starring in a TV show called The Code which my wife and I agree was an absolutely awful show. I believe it has already suffered a well-deserved quick death.
I assume Sake is what the pen name SAKI purportedly "sounds like." Would that be in the same sense that, say, skeet "sounds like" skate?
Berretta Steele at 8:27 AM, I totally understand and appreciate what you said.
One's BODY ENGLISH as well as facial expression can reveal a lot about what he or she really means.
Good wishes to you all.
Re: 22a When I was in Boy Scouts ('56-62) we occasionally shot "skeet" (not real skeet) with .22 rifles using shot - amazing how they could stuff any pellets into that tiny cartridge. Of course the pellets were miniscule - much smaller than BBs. I don't think I ever hit any, and don't really see how such tiny shot could break any but the most fragile clay with any but the most direct hit. I guess the patterns must have been pretty tight.
ReplyDeleteI just burned 2000 calories. That’s the last time I’ll leave brownies in the oven while I take a nap.
ReplyDeleteHG, why not an AUSTIN from Texas, or a JACKSON from Mississippi? CHEYENNE from Wyoming, or a HELENA from Montana?
ReplyDeleteWow Jayce. You're too kind. Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteHG, my high school drama teacher was Mr. Hamm. His first name was the same as a southeastern Kentucky county and its seat - Harlan.
ReplyDeleteImitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteSkootch-over C, Eh! and make room for a fellow ABASe inker. Insult to injury, I had cUDZU and caRR.
Thanks Gail & Bruce for a fine Monday puzzle. That NE was a bit gnarly with all the names. Thanks Boomer for the fine review; those treatments have NOT slowed you down.
Nightly, for the past few weeks anyway, I've been watching an episode or two of Rockford Files - I swear Garner* says, "Now look Dennis, you're not going get me on some lousy B AND E..." in every third episode.
WO: ELBa
ESPs (+WAGs): PIERRE, eARTE, SAKI, DANA, caRR PaRE.
Fav: PINED - every time I hear that word I think of The Dead Parrot sketch: "He's pining for the fjords." Backstory w/ John Cleese[3:26 - apologies if previously linked]
{B, B+, B+}
LOL DR OMK
Keep on truckin' Abejo!
Misty - Glad to hear Dusty is back to his little doxie-self today.
This little girl gots some serious BODY ENGLISH going on. [:16 (and some bumper help)].
Cheers, -T
*ne Bumgarner from Norman, OK.
Dusty thanks you both, Ol'Man Keith and AnonT--and I do too!
ReplyDeleteHi Y'all! Great fun puzzle & expo, Gail, Bruce, & Boomer. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteDid this at midnight. Got the theme. Had to study the BANDE for awhile before getting the familiar Breaking & Entering abbrev.
YR: We read at least one short story by SAKI in HS. Bet you did too. I can't remember what it was. Glad Alan is happy. Your party the other night sounded so fun.
Had a couple with two kids from Pierre, S.DAK stop at my old stone farmhouse when it was for sale. The wife fell in love with it and insisted they stop. They were on their way to Wichita to visit her sister. They came by three or four times and spent time in our town looking at schools & possible jobs for him. We had some good visits but I couldn't help them out. Last I heard they were still in Pierre which they pronounced Peer. I called them to tell them I'd finally sold the house.
Keith, glad your wife's surgery was successful.
ReplyDeleteMy brother=in=law once owned part of a skeet shooting facility and we went out there some. I, too, was sure we shot with the .22 shotgun. I mentally went thru the process of pump the gun, yell pull, and bang! We stood to shoot. I was actually a pretty good shot for no good reason. Didn't shoot very often, but enough people had seen me hit what I was aiming for that they were wary of me in later years when they were up to no good.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of the Schnozzola ... "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are."
ReplyDeleteAnonT, I laughed again at "The Dead Parrot" just as if I was hearing it for the first time. It seems to get funnier as it/I age. Thanks.
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