11.   They discovered manuscripts in the now-extinct language, which scholars called Tocharian and later were astonished to learn bore striking similarities to Celtic and Germanic tongues.

12.   When scholars call looking for books, the clerks who answer know what they are talking about.

13.   Israeli scholars have called him a once-in-a-millennium thinker who speaks with authority and self-deprecating humor on topics from science fiction to Talmudic thought.

14.   One scholar calls the notes, uncovered in August for the first time since World War II, one of the most detailed finds of its kind.