The sinking of civilian ships without rescuing their voyagers, said Winston Churchill, then first lord of the admiralty, leaving them "to perish in open boats or drown amid the waves was in the eyes of all seafaring peoples a grisly act, which hitherto had never been practised except by pirates".
Talented, of course, but with a willingness to practise that has never been exceeded.
There has never been any doubt that Isis practises methodical savagery as an integral part of its strategy of war.
The Thai media has never been entirely free; self-censorship about the monarchy and the Buddhist monkhood is practised across the board.
The practice has been illegal for many years, but unlike in France there has never been a single prosecution of those who continue to practise it.
As someone who practises daily, a yoga holiday is my dream escape, but my other half has never been too keen.
The controls were doctors who had graduated from the same university in the same year and were fully registered, currently practising, and had never been under investigation.
However, many doctors practising today in Lithuania have never been taught about counselling of obese patients.
In an interview with Fantastico earlier this month, which was approved by magistrates, she said: "I was never careless, I've never been reckless, never had an ethical breach or a complaint registered against me, and I practised medicine consciously and correctly".
