Word: devours
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sleepy students who roll out of bed at 9:30 can still devour blueberry pancakes before their 10 a.m. core classes this year, thanks to extended breakfast hours in all 13 undergraduate dining halls...
...last week Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 announced that the Liem's had been re--hired-the tiger turned out to be too lazy to devour its tottering rider...
...never guess it from watching kids pogo-stick at a Pearl Jam concert, or vibrate to the street beat that pours out of their Walkmans, but listening to music is an essentially passive experience. Performers make the sound, consumers devour it. For every pop generation from A to X, the big creative decision has been which record (cassette, CD) to put in the music machine. For radio listeners, even that decision is denied. Music is too easy: a hot soak in somebody else's bathtub...
...differences between "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List" are striking. "Jurassic Park" is a film devoted to extinct creatures brought to life by special effects and computer animation. In the world of "Jurassic Park," humans are almost an afterthought, present only so that the dinosaurs can devour them. However, "Schindler's List," based on a true story, focuses on human beings, presenting a vision of a world where people are of paramount importance and where one person's actions carry great weight...
...just can't get past the fact that all of these women, of differing ideologies and upbringings, pounce on what they think is a man in their bathroom, and devour this person like a pack of wild dogs. After the kill, the soft-spoken question that crystallizes the moment drifts up into the air above the murderers' heads: "Ada--what will you do? Your promotion..." The roar of a powerful incinerator answers that question...