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...damage was not substantial, and most of it has been repaired," said Smalley. "The hearth—a decorative circle of rocks in the center of the Wetu—was scattered, holes were punched through the bark on the side of the Wetu, and a quahog shell donated by visiting artists disappeared," she added...

Author: By George T. Fournier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wetu in the Yard Suffers Damage | 5/3/2010 | See Source »

...trouble with Family Guy is that it seems to want to say everything. It's The Simpsons on Red Bull, with a dysfunctional family - the Griffins of Quahog, R.I. - but twice the outrageousness and thrice the pace. Its signature move is to cut away from a story line for a non sequitur gag (a pop-culture parody, a celebrity spoof, a Star Wars reference). The Simpsons is a satire, but it's rooted in its family. Family Guy is less a half-hour narrative about characters than a delivery system for unconnected jokes the writers can't bear to part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Guy Offers Hyper Animation, in Triplicate | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

Estimated age, in years, of a quahog clam found off the coast of Iceland. It is the longest-lived animal on record, breaking the record previously held by a 374-year-old clam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NUMBERS: Nov. 12, 2007 | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Among other new Harvard contributors are F.A. McClure, consultant on Tropical Forestry for the Maria Moors Cabot Foundation, writing on bamboo: and Ruth Dixon Turner, research associate in Malacology, dealing with the piddock, periwinkle, quahog, teredo, and whelk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PUSEY WILL WRITE | 3/13/1961 | See Source »

Research on the beating of clam hearts may provide a clue to the cause of schizophrenia, according to John H. Welsh, Director of the Biological Laboratories, which is trying to discover the effects of different chemicals on the heartbeats of quahog clams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Research in Clam Hearts Suggests Clue to Reasons for Schizophrenia | 3/5/1957 | See Source »

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