The popular view of war, he wrote, "is invariably defensive .This strange mix of belligerence and prickly defensiveness is a common characteristic of imperial nations.
It's an obsession that has irreparably altered my perception of both time and space; I can no longer sincerely believe that anyone's best years lurk beyond 30, while every solo flight through London's public transport networks invariably becomes a strange attempt to "see the play" all around me, to jockey for position, evade markers and dance my way through the gaps like a human through ball.
In a stream of articles, The Mail portrayed her as greedy, profligate and a follower of wacky alternative-medicine regimes, selecting unflattering photos to make her look chunky and ill-dressed, her mouth invariably curled in a strange rictus.
Descriptions of the school invariably make it seem strange, almost alarming to the parents who drop off their gifted progeny at the gate displaying the "swinging T" brand (as impressed by the hot iron on the cows).
The students invariably put on an operation in which strange things were removed from a patient's entrails.
The strange thing is that its products invariably succeed in PC-based markets where the dominance of Windows provides an advantage: office productivity, web-browsing, media playback and servers.
Strange as it may seem, these entreaties invariably work, not only because they're laced with unctuous flattery but because producers, journalists and schedulers have a genuine passion for the industry and the issues it faces.
"There really are many strange phenomena in the sky, and these are invariably reported by rational people.
And we've been noticing for a long time that all of the various innovations and "momentum-builders," combined with the very strange decisions made when it comes to coverage, invariably conspire and combine to make CNN steadily worse.
In his later years, the small, feisty Honecker became increasingly remote even from his own people, frequently delivering dry, uninspiring speeches in his strange, high-pitched lilt at such speed that he invariably swallowed his words.
After she has asked about 30 times, she almost invariably registers any big changes in the lives of people around her. "Carl's gone somewhere strange, hasn't he?" she says, asking after her grandson.
