It may offend the overly fastidious to see someone pick up a bone or gnaw on an ear of corn; it offends those who live in the real world to see fine food not fully savored, or wasted.

But go for dinner, to fully savor the oysters, sleek design and attractive staff.

In other, more prosaic words, it is only the awareness of what Syracuse has been (and of what, God and Sicilian politicians willing, it could become) that allows one to fully savor its present charms.

That is perhaps inevitable, as any Spanish speaker might say to one who is trying to fully savor Don Quixote in English.

You'll pardon me I'm sure, milady, if I choose not to fully savor that remark.

Finally they say, sip the Tannat, holding the contents in your mouth a few second before swallowing, in order to fully savor the full bouquet of Uruguay's most treasured export.

Lights were turned low in order that he might fully savor the image.

All of this seems to call for a viewer who is a connoisseur, history buff, social skeptic and celebrity groupie, preferably with deconstructionist tendencies, to fully savor and decipher what's here and, moreover, what's not.

The time lag allowed him to fully savor her changes of expression, as his plausible calumnies thudded home.

No Rest for the Winners Colts Coach Lindy Infante didn't have time to fully savor his team's 13-10 overtime victory against the Buffalo Bills, because Indianapolis will play Philadelphia on Thursday.