A senior member of Christian clergy... a chess piece that just *has* to move in some arbitrary way... mulled spice wine... the writer for approximately 32.3 percent of all 90 Seconds episodes.

Stories of the day:

• FAA approves Boeing 787 design modifications, grounding order to be lifted next week
• WikiLeaks publishes five-hour conversation between Eric Schmidt and Julian Assange
• Amazon Studios debuts all 14 original series pilots for free streaming

Today's 90 Seconds on The Verge was written by Ross Miller. All production magic is credited to Christian Mazza and John Lagomarsino.