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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shorebirds. For example, the ancient salt lakes in southwestern Texas in which Quetzalcoatlus was found contained lots of crustacean burrows but no bones from larger animals like crocodiles that might have fed a carrion eater. Some pterosaurs had beaks shaped like those of spoonbills. Pterodaustro had a mouthful of strainer-like teeth that it probably used to filter microscopic plankton from the water. Pteranodon is thought to have scooped up its prey and stashed it in a pelican-like throat pouch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AGE OF PTEROSAURS | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

...guess is that the indomitable Simpson case will prevail. After all, it has enjoyed the highest media saturation of any story since the Gulf War, and that affair involved over a half-million good guys, a pretty formidable villain (complete with evil, soup-strainer moustache and ominous-sounding name) and the deaths of more than 100,000 of the bad guy's under-lings. So death for death, the Simpson case is probably the most potent media monopolizer the world has ever known...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: Playing in the People's Court | 7/19/1994 | See Source »

Pour the heated water onto the leaves. The tea should be ready for serving in about five minutes. Use a strainer to keep the leaves...

Author: By Olivia F. Gentile, | Title: Tea Stop | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

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