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Word: devour (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...closer encounter, the world of Faerie, as the authors designate their enchanting nutshell universe, reveals a swarm of terrifying and erotic forms: gruesome spriggans who specialize in kidnaping infants and blighting crops; horse-stealing pixies; a bat-frog that preys on Welsh fishermen; amphibious hags who drown and devour careless children; a birch spirit whose touch causes madness; a practical joker known as the Fir Darrig, and assorted boggarts, bogles, goblins and fachans-all up to no good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Enchanted Circle | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...black hole? The name is highly appropriate. Nothing?not even light?can escape from black holes, making them invisible. Even more astounding, these bizarre non-objects are in effect celestial vacuum cleaners that voraciously devour everything they meet. They are bottomless pits into which atomic particles, dust and giant suns all disappear without a trace. They are rips in the very fabric of space and time, places where long-cherished laws of nature simply do not apply. So unbelievable and paradoxical are these notions that they have led to what Wheeler calls "the greatest crisis ever faced by physics." Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Those Baffling Black Holes | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

Second, unwind some Government regulations that devour capital. "For example, we have to develop domestic sources of energy, and some environmental rules will have to take a backseat -temporarily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: Some Hope for the Ex-Champ | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...active Republicans see so much good second-and third-level talent that their delight soon dissolves into worry that these able politicians will devour each other or refuse to join such a melee. To add to their misery, the Republicans hear their favorite political scripture about balanced budgets, the Soviet menace and Big Government being preached from Democratic pulpits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Roses with a Touch of Ragweed | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

...military wants billions more. The mayors call a 60 billion program a 'first step,' farmers want to plant all they can and be guaranteed a profit. This insatiability could devour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The Perils of Giving 'Em Hell | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

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