McGregor wrote about the intrusion of shock, violence and disorder in the lives of ordinary, often settled, self-absorbed people, so there was symmetry between his fragmented style and vision.
Ordinary matter settled into the clumps to produce stars and galaxies.
Of the 43 Israeli civilians who have been killed since October, about half have been settlers.Palestinian militants justify these attacks as a way of "deterring" ordinary Israelis from settling on the land that the Palestinians see as their future state.
If we let ordinary health care beliefs and practices be determinant of what's possible, we end-up settling for ordinary outcomes (or worse).
Eventually, this dark star and its rather ordinary companion can settle into an orbit so tight that both would fit inside a sphere the size of the sun.
The rule leads, however, to the deeply unappealing spectacle of multi-millionaire footballers being paid their outlandish salaries in full while "ordinary" creditors must settle for a fraction of what they are owed.
While the I.R.S. did not dispute the data in the report, it called unfounded its comparison of the Son of Boss settlement program with a broader initiative, known as offer in compromise, which allows ordinary taxpayers to settle their tax bills for a percentage of the amount owed.
Drawn by gravity, dark and ordinary matter then settled into the fluctuations, seeding galaxies.
But now the dust of the initial announcement is beginning to settle, ordinary people on both sides of the Florida Straits are trying to work out what it means for them and their families.
If the writing is done with particular care and attention, there is a Goldilocks quality to it: We rustle through an assortment of terms, discarding one, perhaps as "too weak" or another "too ordinary" until we settle upon the one that is "just right".
