As we ducked out of one of the Art Nouveau apartment block lobbies, hidden behind thoroughly quotidian-looking front doors, I remarked at how wide the road was, an oddity for a town as old as this.

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Most adventure races opt for more quotidian conveyance--foot, bicycle and inflatable kayak are standard.

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So if by "drive, " you mean "accommodate" or "manage the quotidian of car-based existence, " the answer is, It drives fine, just swell.

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But the pair's get-rich-quick plans quickly dissolved into quotidian headaches.

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The exhibition begins indoors, with portraits that were a shock because they captured women in the privacy of their homes, lost in reverie (Monet's "Madame Louis Joachim Gaudibert, " 1868) or engaged in quotidian rituals like removing a glove (Charles Carolus-Duran's "The Lady With the Glove, " 1869).

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Their requests range from the quotidian (extra padding, special sizes) to the more outlandish (red-soled booties for a baby, high heels for a man).

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Mr Frum believes that a future agreement to cut spending - he thinks America spends much too big a proportion of its GDP on health - and raise taxes, could very quickly bring the debt problem down to the level of quotidian normality.

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