"Her government's lasting achievement was the well-in tentioned but misguided introduction of the national curriculum."
"Kellen felt as if he were swimming-and not very well-in a sea of new ideas."
"However, there were drawbacks as well-in the glimpses she'd gotten of the ceiling, she wasn't altogether sure of how stable it was, and it wouldn't do her a great deal of good to bring the ceiling down on herself instead of blasting her way out."