Word: breakfasting
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...water, and the Iraqis rise immediately to take it, pinging the Marine armor with small-arms fire. A tank crewman answers, firing his coaxial machine gun into an enemy bunker. Over the radio comes a play-by-play: "Yeah baby," says a voice. "He just ate coax for breakfast," says another. But the sharks were already on hand, and in numbers, when the Marines arrived, and they seemed to fill up the palm-studded field in front of the Americans. McCoy calls for artillery support as his soldiers fire TOW missiles...
Arroyo, however, later amended his pledge so as to include only daylight hours (thus allowing himself a dinner and an early breakfast). According to this plan, Arroyo should now have gone hungry...
...hospitality moms were more than happy to drive out to the store. Little girls asked for autographs, earnestly leaning in close to whisper that they hoped they would be a Junior Miss someday. Wherever we went, the Mobile press followed. Every morning I read articles about us over breakfast, and every night I watched footage of our rehearsals and appearances on the news. Then there was all the free new clothes—I lugged 14 t-shirts, five pairs of shoes, custom tailored jeans, three tops and an exercise outfit back home...
...black rain fell. It looked like oil to Seiko Komatsu, then 9. He saw the rain soak his wounded grandparents. He had been having breakfast in their house when the bomb fell and gutted it. Three days later, the city of Nagasaki was destroyed by another atom bomb. Japan announced its unconditional surrender on Aug. 14. --By Lisa Takeuchi Cullen
...found a five-paragraph story announcing the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the pill as safe for birth control. The two, who lived next door, ran across the yard and opened the sliding glass door to Sanger's bedroom. It was 7 a.m., and she was eating breakfast in bed. Without the least bit of elation, just a sigh of relief, Sanger said, "It's certainly about time." Then perking up, she added, "Perhaps this calls for champagne." Her son, a doctor who had patients waiting, and her granddaughter, due for class at nursing school, begged...