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...what really gets the locals' gastronomic juices flowing is the humble conch. When it comes to scoffing gastropods, only the French and their escargots can rival the Bahamians' love affair with sea snails. Available in variations from salad to stew to chowder, the flesh of the conch (pronounced konk) is white, sweet and most closely reminiscent in flavor to clam. But in the Bahamas' own original fast food?ubiquitous across the archipelago?the mollusk is turned into a fritter. Made from ground conch meat (it's on the chewy side, so is often minced to tenderize it), onion, bell peppers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fried and Fabulous | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

First, an axiom: You don't want the professor to know that you're asleep. I find this pretty self-evident. To konk out in the first row is a bit rude, and that tenured person is the one that's writing your recommendation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to Sleep in Class | 10/12/1996 | See Source »

...with their assorted subsidiaries, sidelines and licenses, pulled in more than $700 million last year. His logo of a mallet-wielding polo player has galloped across everything from ties to dresses, saddle blankets to note pads, and is well on the way to giving the Lacoste alligator a smart konk on the noggin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Cheers for the Home Team | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

They include Mr. Buller, Vic's business associate, who pulls his own teeth; R. J. Konk, founder of Vic's lodge, the Sacred Stars of the Milky Way; Ruthie Stem-bottom, a family friend; Godfrey Dimlok, who invented a bicycle that could say "mama"; the Brick Mush (Vic & Sade's favorite breakfast food) salesman, who cries almost all of the time; Bluetooth Johnson; Cora Bucksaddle; Ole Chinbunny; Rishigan Fishigan of Sishigan, Michigan; Smelly Clark, and others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Vic & Sade | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

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