Everything began to change in 1970, when Sultan Qaboos, then aged 30, overthrew his medieval-minded father, unlocked the gates and ushered in a brave new world.
"We're in a brave new world," he said.
"We're in a brave new world from a plant's perspective," said William Bond.
Being a tastemaker in a brave new world is "incredibly challenging," she adds, "but really fun".
"Steve, we blew it," she said on stage in a brave attempt at humour.
Thomas Voeckler of France won the stage, in a brave solo breakaway after a windy ride.
"They just want to use these words," he explained, weeping probably, but in a brave way.
But as Vivie, Lucy Briggs-Owen turns in a brave, interesturnsand complex performance.
But now, in a brave new world of abundant and free copies, the order has inverted.
'We're in a brave new world from a plant's perspective — it's a little frightening,' says one scientist.
DEVOLUTION, its supporters argued, would usher in a brave new Scotland where social justice mattered more than social status.
