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Word: clams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time for the Jim McKay 11 o'clock roundup--corral the heifers, clam, the dogies, make one last summary plea'to the jury, drive our moral home so the Baptist preachers down in Dry Prong. Louisiana don't immolate the album when we get it released...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: "I Got Bit by a Seeing-eye Dog" | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

...volume, form, etc., then manipulates the essence he has extracted. Using a process of free association, he fuses images, correlating aspects of the original object to other things or concepts. For example, a mitt, which he purchased in a Kresges dime store for 96 cents suggests to him a clam, or a landscape, a "sunrise set". Conversely, he sees the "mitt" form in a milkweed pod, in an ear, in a platter of fried eggs, of pie a la mode. The original mitt is also part of the ICA exhibit. It is carefully labeled: "on loan from Claes Oldenburg...

Author: By Eleni Constantine, | Title: Only Connect the Interlocking Image | 2/19/1976 | See Source »

...thrifty kangaroos who don't frequent the Oakland Coliseum also are shocked by the high prices of Wharf restaurants. We settled for an ambulatory meal of clam chowder, crabmeat and raw shrimp, washed down by fresh orange juice at Fruity Rudy...

Author: By Alan M. Kaufmann jr. and Edward L. Trimble, S | Title: We Rode Around on Greyhound Buses, and Saw Some Ball Games | 9/30/1975 | See Source »

...spokesman for the police department declined to comment. "Once it hits the courts, we have to clam up," he said...

Author: By Deborah FROST Levine, | Title: Three Officers File Complaints Asking Promotion to Sergeant | 7/18/1975 | See Source »

...unselfconsciously, one of the most delightful comedy teams on television. She burbles over about candied fruits ("precious little jewels") and onions ("in there being rather happy turning translucent"). His English is improvised, but he ad-libs gamely on discovering that his model for "how to tell a live clam" is quite dead. When he despairs over potholes in his pastry dough, Margaret comforts him: "pastry and pasta are always volatile." Their show is cooking con brio, best enjoyed with a hearty glass of country red and one of the Romagnolis' toasts from old Abruzzi: "I'll drink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Viewpoints | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

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