Some 18 paintings by Leonardo survive; half of them are on view.
He pointed out Hebrew writing on walls that had survived half a century.
Of those who survive, half are stunted owing to a lack of nutrients.
Among the most rewarding speakers is Dean Torrance, the surviving half of Jan and Dean, whose hits included Surf City and Little Old Lady from Pasadena.
Play started in bright sunshine at 10.27am and James Tredwell and Martin Saggers survived half an hour before Tredwell slashed and Phil Mustard took a juggling catch behind the wicket.
Whatever the real cause, the effect is that the surviving half of the pair has ceased to be useful, except as a rag.
Although he could have built 20 or more floors, Astor held it to 7, earning the praise of The Times, which observed that comparing Platt's building to the surviving half of the hotel "makes this old remnant more odious".
The scion of a prominent Sunni Arab family, he took the job two years ago after his predecessor, his cousin, was assassinated.Since then he has survived half a dozen murder attempts.
With his surviving half brother, Gallus, seven years his senior, he was brought up in obscurity, first by Eusebius, Arian bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia, and later at the remote estate of Macellum in Cappadocia.
At times, Steadman sounds too much like Thompson, but what do you expect from the surviving half of the Chang and Eng of the frayed side of the 70s?
