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...when the Indians refused to trade for food, the colonists died horribly. The winter of 1609 became the "starving time." The colonists ate horses, dogs, cats, vermin, even (it was said) corpses. In June 1610 the survivors staggered onto their ships and sailed into the bay, either looking for help or intending to sail home. Help came with the arrival of three ships from England and new settlers. The shattered colony was put under strict martial law. The penalties for running away included shooting, hanging, burning and being broken on the wheel...
...Torn by tragedy and wilted under the unsparing klieg lights of the national and international media, Virginia Tech finally showed herself on a grassy hillside along the third base line of English Field. Hundreds of families, college students, and local little leaguers sat on blankets, ate hot dogs, drank Diet Coke, and cheered the Virginia Tech Hokies as they took on the University of Miami in a Friday night baseball game. It was the first sporting event since the Monday murders...
...CAST OF THE ORIGINAL SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE USED TO EAT AT YOUR FIRST RESTAURANT, THE ODEON, AFTER THE SHOW. WHAT'S THE CRAZIEST NIGHT YOU SAW? The night John Belushi took his clothes off and ate his dinner completely naked...
...Pforzheimer. Even with Quincy dining hall’s temporary closure, students did not have a hard time finding alternative sources of food. “The other houses aren’t that far away,” said Tina W. Hwa ’09, who ate in Leverett House instead. The dining hall reopened for a continental breakfast Saturday morning. “The air quality was restored. There was no evidence of contamination, and the facility was completely cleaned,” Mitchell said...
...growing number of complaints about sick and dying animals who ate only dry food, which typically does not contain wheat gluten, is another reason some authorities question whether melamine is the real culprit. Bruce Friedrich, Vice President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged the FDA to test for excessive levels of vitamin D; last year a manufacturing error led to too much of the vitamin in Royal Canin pet food, causing kidney failure and death in several animals. But Goldstein says excessive vitamin D is unlikely, since blood tests would show high calcium levels, which...