While it serves as a shred of hope, the weights on the 'Jon Snow is dead' side of the scales are made of solid lead.
Investigators never found so much as a shred of clothing or any other sign of K-Von in the woods where they found the remains of Alexander Xavier.
The unnecessarily and unpersuasively complicated complications sharpen his conflict with his life as a shredder until Zafris forces the novel's resolution.
No bigger than a thumbnail, as insubstantial as a shred of tissue paper, it flashes from weed to weed, a wildly beating speck of blue that soon vanishes against the vaster, bluer backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean.
At the Elma Airport Diner, where customers have a clear view of the cooling towers from outdoor picnic tables, Erin Hall, 42, a waitress, said she had been hired as a shredder operator at the Boise Cascade plant.
What's more, officials with the New York City Campaign Finance Board, which requires candidates to register with them, said they had not received so much as a shred of paper from the Brown campaign this year.
It might not be as satisfying as tossing them through a shredder or as fast since it takes about three minutes to destroy a single disc, but at least it leaves them ready to recycle and won't help create three-eyed fish.
As much as CAH thinks shredding a Picasso could be a solid, nihilistic time, it's just not that new of an idea.
A whole leg serves one as a main course; shredded like this, a pair of legs will do two to four.
First, the Eagles seemed destined to score a touchdown as they shredded the Giants' defense in a 12-play, 75-yard drive that sucked time off the clock and brought the Eagles as far as the Giants 2. For the second time in the game, however, the Eagles could not convert in a goal-line situation, and Vick was sacked for a 6-yard loss on fourth down, setting up Henery's final kick.
