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...Israeli border, was bleary-eyed but still clearheaded. "The Syrians and Iranians," he explained, "are fighting a war against the Israelis here in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese pay . . . pay . . . pay." As he spoke, high-explosive shells shook the walls of the hospital. "We Arabs say the strong always devour the weak," he shouted above the din. "Lebanon is the weakest country in the Middle East...
...have been caring parents. In fact, he takes the contrarian view that Oviraptor, a toothless predator whose very name means egg stealer, is the victim of a bum rap. The sharp-clawed creature has been found in close proximity to nests not because it was poised to devour unhatched babies but because "it was the mother and was protecting them," says Dong...
Four hundred fifty chocoholics braved the winds, cold and two feet of snowfall yesterday to devour local chocolate specialties at the fourth annual "Chocolate Fools Day," and, they said, it was well worth the battle...
...began with Hollywood values installed on the Potomac -- Frank Sinatra, that champion of family virtue, staging an Inauguration for his old friends Ronald, Jane Wyman's ex-husband, and Nancy, the goddaughter of a famous lesbian (the silent-screen star Alla Nazimova). We have all heard that revolutions devour their own, but how could the Reagan Revolution, of all things, end in a war against Hollywood...
...title, Widowers' Houses, is a vicious twist on Mark 12:38: "Beware of the scribes...which devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers...