“If you find a loophole in a contract or an insurance policy, it will constitute an escape route for one of the parties. …

“During the Middle Ages, architects and builders had to deal with the matter of defending a castle once it was erected. Long-bows, followed by crossbows, were formidable weapons typically used by both the attackers and defenders. A narrow window, often oval at the top and wider at the inner side of a thick wall, was found to offer a difficult target from across a moat. At the same time, such an opening was big enough to enable defenders to fire at will.

“This special form of ‘loophole’ saved the hide of many a lord of the manor. When firearms made it obsolete, its name transferred to any ‘opening’ that provides an advantage to one party in a dispute or an agreement.” 

Webb Garrison, formerly associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College, wrote more than 55 books, including Civil War Curiosities and Civil War Trivia and Fact Book before his death in 2000.

Speaking of the vast dangers confronting our physical health and wellbeing, authors Philip Yancey and Paul Brand have this to say

"Because of the staggering range of invaders confronting a person in a lifetime, the body must stockpile an enormous arsenal of weapons. Immunologists share a little joke which they cite when asked how the body can possibly prepare every type of antibody required on our perilous world: 'GOD,' they reply: In this case GOD is an acronym for Generator of Diversity, expressing the body's astounding ability to manufacture whatever defense is needed. Dr. Ronald Glasser calls the process "a mixture of mystery and chemistry ... a combination of physics and grace down at the molecular level."

Philip Yancey worked for 10 years as an Editor and then Publisher for Campus Life magazine before beginning a career as a freelance writer in the 1980s. He has written over 20 books and is among this generation’s most respected Christian authors.

Dr. Paul Brand, son of missionary parents, was a world-renowned hand surgeon and pioneer in developing tendon transfer techniques for use in the hands of those with leprosy. He trained in medicine at the University College Hospital in London and later gained his surgical qualifications while working as a casualty surgeon during the London Blitz. After visiting a Leprosy Sanatorium at Chingleput, he was motivated to explore the reasons behind the deformities of this disease. He established the New Life Rehabilitative Center and authored/coauthored several books, including Fearfully and Wonderfully Made and In His Image.

USA Today reports that mosquitoes might hold the key to victory in modern warfare:

“Engineer David Hu of the Georgia Institute of Technology is taking a close look at mosquitoes, in order to understand how they can withstand the pounding of heavy rainfall. … Hu's research could help improve the design of insect-sized flying robots, which he says are currently being designed for use in military surveillance and search-and-rescue operations. …

“His research looked at how mosquitoes, which often thrive in rainy, windy regions … manage to survive impacts with raindrops during flight. ‘These raindrops are moving at a very high speed of about 22 mph, which is too fast for mosquitoes to dodge while in flight,’ he says.

“Though similar in size to mosquitoes, a single raindrop can weigh more than 50 times what a mosquito does. (In fact, a mosquito has the same ratio to a raindrop as a person would while trapped under the wheel of a car.) …

“The study authors found that a mosquito's strong exoskeleton and low mass . . . helps them survive collisions, causing raindrops to lose little momentum upon impact. …

“Likening it to the martial arts principle of Tai Chi, where the idea is to allow an opponents' force to go through or around you, Hu says the mosquito and the raindrop fall together for about 20 body lengths, and then release each other." By merging with and then riding the raindrop the force of the impact is reduced.