Vote for the A sentence

Which sentence should go into the alphAmuse book for the letter "A"?

Broadcasting B

Here are some B facts to brood over before commenting with your B sentences.

Origins: pictogram of a house floorplan (1)
Greek: beta
Frequency: 20th most frequent letter in English (2)
"B" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "The second letter of the English alphabet, is pronounced as in most other European languages, by pressing the whole length of the lips together, and forcing them open with a strong breath. The Spaniards, in most words, use B or V indifferently." (3)

Of Interest:
The lower case b came about when scribes in Roman

times got lazy when writing and left out the upper loop of the capital B. (4)
The only difference between the "buh" B sound and the "puh" P sound is that when you do the "puh", you let out a puff of air. (Linguists, feel free to correct me with the fine nuances I'm missing...)
Many idioms begin with the letter B: Back seat drive, Back to back, Baker's dozen, Bend over backwards, Bite your tongue (more here).

start at the very beginning: A

This week's featured letter is A. I've put together some facts about A. Enjoy, and then use the comments section to post a sentence made of words that all begin with the letter A. Sound daunting? Just try it out - it's actually pretty fun, and comments can be anonymous.

All About A

Origins: pictogram of an Ox head (1)

Greek: alpha
Frequency: 3rd most frequent letter in English (2)
"A" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "The first letter of the European alphabets, has, in the English language, three different sounds, which may be termed the broad, open, and slender." (Broad = all, wall; Open: father, rather; slender: place, face) (3)

Of Interest:The words abstemious and arsenious contain all the vowels in the correct order. (4)

A study published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology in March 2010 found that when students see the letter "A" before a test they may perform better than when they see the letter "F" or a neutral letter "J". (5)