As soon as Point Given gutted out a half-length victory over the lightly raced long shot Touch Tone, Baffert fired first.
Ethel Waters on an unfaithful lover's untimely end: "She shot him lightly and he died politely".
Even more mysterious was the identity of the attacker who apparently shot and lightly wounded Mr Chen and his vice-president the day before the poll.
British paratroopers retreated, and then an angry crowd entered the local police compound and fatally shot six lightly armed members of the Royal Military Police.
Over lunch of "lightly smoked pigeon, locally shot, with pickled nasturtium seeds" and "salmon, cured with North Berwick gin" at the Chapters restaurant in Melrose I couldn't be further from the clichés of Irn Bru and deep fried Mars Bars.
The perpetrator attempted to flee the scene following the attack, and was lightly wounded after being shot in the leg, a police spokeswoman said.
Now Dixon has one final game, one last opportunity as a collegian to tap his chest lightly before he shoots a free throw, as is his habit.
Down at headquarters, I chatted with Ben Rogers, my mentor and the man who solved the Yuppie Restaurant Murder Case, where the victims were shot and then lightly dusted with lime and fresh mint.
The intruder, who tried to take a consular official hostage, was shot by Turkish guards, lightly wounded in the leg, and was questioned by Turkish officials.
Two of them were shot and killed, but a third, lightly wounded, was captured.
