Horse riding is dangerous at the best of times and riding without a bit leaves you vulnerable to having your horse take off and having no leverage to stop them.
The Burroughs High School class of 2012, more than 600 students strong, was the first to celebrate graduation at the recently remodeled Memorial Field, and not without a bit of a fight.
In "Piano," Echenoz abandons the detective genre and, without losing a bit of his dry humor, nods instead to Dante, Sartre and the legend of Orpheus.
Many grad students could not attain what they do, whether it's awards or expertise and future teaching positions, without a bit or a lot of help from faculty members who care about individual students.
I unmould the cheesecake, secretly worrying that the recipe of cream, cream cheese and blueberries won't hold up without a bit of gelatine and will collapse over the kitchen floor.
Without enormous support, access to inspiring teachers and skillful doctors, the backing of self-sacrificing relatives and a broader community, and without a fair bit of luck, the vast majority of people, not only in the United States but throughout the world, would never achieve the things of which they are, in principle, capable.
And, as Liam explained last month, that's precisely why he and Cheryl chose it, although not without a bit of debate.
But of course, no game by the Earthquakes comes without a bit of drama and controversy.
And it wouldn't be a real Judy Chicago show without a bit of her pyrotechnic wonder.
