Two-Way Streets: Rene Ahrens of Ballard, Wash., reminds us that “aloha” is a salutation of greeting and farewell, to which we add “shalom,” which performs the same double duty in Hebrew. Language mavens are invited to inform us of similar words in other languages. Mahalo.

“Boss of the Plains” was an Old West nickname for:

A) A firearm

B) An article of apparel

C) A lawman

D) A tornado

Tuesday’s answer: In a 1964 episode of “The Outer Limits,” William Shatner portrayed an astronaut on a mission called Project Vulcan. Vulcan would be the name of Mr. Spock’s home planet on the TV series “Star Trek,” in which Shatner would first star in 1966.