Word: fleshes
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...aggression perpetrated by an enemy intent on damaging American morale. But the desire not to sicken or offend the noncombatant public should not be among them. There is real danger when journalists edit the truth, especially when we sanitize the cataclysmic impact of high-powered munitions upon human flesh. There are those who say such images might induce America to become a nation of pacifists, but the exact opposite might be the case. The photo on this page - one of the first images of dead Americans published during World War II, which appeared in the Sept. 20, 1943, issue...
...backseat of president John F. Kennedy's limousine was a leather pit of horror, flecked with bits of flesh and a crust of drying blood that a grim young Secret Service agent was trying to wipe up with a sponge. He seemed hesitant, cowed by the task. On the front seat of the Lincoln lay the crushed red roses that Jackie Kennedy had been carrying. It was a certain and brutal end to a great national drama, but none of the people milling around on the driveway of Parkland Hospital that day wanted to allow the curtain to fall...
...provide critical intelligence for Charlie Rock. First Sergeant William Mitchell headed out with in M-113 track along with a squad of three tanks and a scout humvee. The order was fire only if fired upon. And yet somehow, soon enough, those high-tech thermal images would become a flesh and blood enemy in a heavy exchange of fire...
...season from late winter to early spring, blood oranges are the fruit of the moment. They have a rich taste with hints of raspberry, and the scarlet flesh makes for dramatic jams and juices. Their spicy undertones make them popular with chefs like John Villa of New York City's Patroon, who uses blood oranges to make his duck a l'orange. Irish chef Darina Allen features a blood orange, beet and arugula salad in her new Ballymaloe Cooking School Cookbook. When buying blood oranges, choose fruits that are firm and heavy and have a sweet, clear fragrance. Store them...
...nothing more than a light touch on the arm or a splash of water on the back. But for the unsuspecting prey, the feeling is more like hot steel burrowing through the flesh, permanently scalding one’s ego. There is no memorial service for those fallen in battle, only a lingering red hand-shaped mark to remind the victim of his shame and regret...