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...argue, for instance, over the only tyrannosaurus arm ever found. It is about as long as a human arm -- too short, in Horner's view, to be much use in predation, but far more muscular than previously thought, having been capable of curling 400 lbs. Horner seems to relish arguing such questions imaginatively far more than actually proving himself right. In Horner's undogmatic approach, the museum's fleshed-out dioramas are designed to evolve every few years as our view of dinosaurs advances...
Lowering his voice, he admits he wants to join the I.R.A. Would he be willing to commit murder? "Kill Orangemen and Brits, aye," he says with relish. He pauses, then once again lowers his voice. "But I wouldn't kill one of my own." One of his I.R.A. uncles was killed by one of his own, shot through the head for acting as an informant. Chuckie is always mindful of that...
...clotting drug were discovered before the November election. The Texas primary demonstrates once again the difference between the two parties, as do crucial gubernatorial races in California and Florida. While the G.O.P. generally adheres to its eleventh commandment -- Never speak ill of another Republican -- Democrats eat their own with relish...
...Rose's mild-mannered suitor, Short delivers his lines with an endearing relish, and his vain, half-hearted attempts to appear dastardly and evil at Ruddigore Castle are subtly humorous in contrast to the dastardly quality of Despard. Though Short has a pleasant singing voice, he suffers by close comparison to the divine Thompson in their duet in the first...
Gaultier made a stylized bow to the East as well, but his heavy personal stamp all but obliterated his source material. Disdaining the Louvre, he rented a steaming cellar on the Champs-Elysees, and it was packed with fans who relish his theatrics at least as much as his clothes. The outfits were a tantalizing mix of the shrewd and salable and the ridiculous, and this season's leading outrage was a bodysuit opened all the way down the rear. Catherine Deneuve, the ranking celebrity guest, even removed her sunglasses to | take...