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Behind her, photographers cover the beach, swarming around like locusts waiting to devour the next crop of tearful moments. The governor has come to town, and rumor has it that the president may be here soon as well...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: A Postmortem on the TWA Crash | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

...that I mind reading books for class; far from it. They're usually very well-written histories and novels. Given the chance, I would probably pick them up on my own and devour them. But because they're on the syllabus, they are work, almost chores...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Summer Offers Time for Pleasure Reading | 7/16/1996 | See Source »

...reptile house of a Manhattan zoo, when Arnold Schwarzenegger shows up. He fires a round into the alligator case, breaking the glass and freeing dozens of killer creatures. They eat most of the villains like canapes, but one of the beasts heads for our star. It's about to devour him when he blasts the gator to leathereens. "You're luggage," Arnold observes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ARNOLD, BACK TO BASICS | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

...seemed so majestic, this Harvard College, its ancient ivy draping dignity around us--yes, we were children, raw, terrified, ebullient--as we arrived prepared to devour the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Moving From One Set Of Promises to Another | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

...waste time on the Gala Ball. The council should not focus most of its energy, as some suggest, on social programs. Annual events like Springfest are great if they don't devour all of the council's time. But the council must be more than a glorified dance committee. It would be unfortunate, to say the least, if the council's trend towards increasing legitimacy and relevance was halted in favor of more concerts and formals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Very Important People | 4/11/1996 | See Source »

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