61. The grounds of the courtyard were strewn with machetes, empty shell casings, filthy and trampled Bibles, family pictures, old food, clothing and other trash. 62. The souvenir shops hawk battered U.S. cigarette lighters bearing military mottos and gleaming miniature tanks, helicopters and patrol boats largely made from empty shells. 63. Violence came late to northern cities such as Shkodra, but there, too, state buildings have been reduced to empty shells. 64. By then, he was already powerless as the Soviet Union was an empty shell succeeded by its constituent republics. 65. More recently he has become known as a builder, commissioning massive public works projects and monuments, many of which have ended up as empty shells. 66. Nest egg or empty shell? 67. The main road was littered with empty shell casings and several houses were destroyed. |