Word: oyster
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Papa Capra, who runs an oyster stand in Cannes, brought home broken crates to make frames for Edouard's pictures. He also did all he could to keep his son from getting a big head. "Edouard must not be spoiled, either by the love of money or by the influence of others," he carefully explained. "That is what Bonnard told us. We can give our son all he needs...
Whether many of the inhabitants of Black Bay realize it or not, their dark mansions are resting upon oyster shells, debris, and refuse which were used to fill in the area. And an additional mark of the Charle's utility is that a number of such reputable towns as Wellesley, Newton, and Watertown have obtained all or part of their water supply from it. Despite what some rumor mongers may have said, the Charles is pretty clean, except for a small amount of sediment...
Europe was again an oyster (of sorts) for U.S. tourists to open. The Department of State last week lifted the ban which had restricted European travel almost entirely to Government officials and businessmen since...
...keeping with its high-stooled, high-collared conservatism. Top officers greeted clients and friends at a reception in the New York Yacht Club. Guests received copies of a newly published history of the firm entitled The Strenuous Life, the phrase made famous by the most famed of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts...
...Oyster Bay and Hyde Park. Roosevelts, all distant cousins to one another, had for a common ancestor Claes Martenszen van Roosevelt, a Dutch trader who came to New Amsterdam around...