Word: shucking
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...June outside of Richmond, Va., after they each complete their first year of graduate school. In over three years of dating, Mims and Crocker have studied abroad together for a semester in St. Andrew’s, Scotland, and spent three long days crabbing and taught themselves how to shuck crabs. And, the two claim they make a fierce Beirut team. Mims has not one but two engagement rings. When Crocker asked for her parents’ permission over the summer, they told him to ask them again in a month, at which point he gave her a family heirloom...
...year-old had long been considered a prospective Taoiseach (pronounced tee-shuck), but was suddenly catapulted into office by the surprise resignation of Bertie Ahern, his colleague in the centrist Fianna Fail party. Ahern, the longest serving Irish premier of modern times, announced his resignation last month to concentrate on defending himself before a tribunal investigating payments to politicians...
...fact that our lead character was a regular guy who happened to be gay allowed him to be accepted. We got letters from viewers who said the show helped make it possible for them to come out. We started to realize that something was happening to our little shuck-shuck comedy. When we went to the GLAAD awards and people stood up and applauded, I started crying - I'm such a geek! It was a very emotional moment because at the end of it we saw the impact the show...
...Noah and John to the beach, the park and the children's museum. Rusty was head of the household. Andrea was his partner. Their parenting skills differed, he says, but their philosophy didn't. They showed the boys the value of books, sports, the arts. Andrea taught them to shuck corn and snap green beans. She wanted them to appreciate the colors of rainbows. She let them make messes, get away with more...
...SYDNEY FISH MARKET: With its genial bustle and cornucopia of produce, the Sydney Fish Market at Pyrmont embodies all that is good about Australian eating. Graze the stalls in the covered hall and choose as you fancy?staff will cook fish, slice sashimi or shuck oysters to order. Then go grab a cold, dry Riesling and a couple of plastic cups from the on-site wine shop before finding a picnic table on the dockside. The best part? This exquisite feast should come in for less than $30 a head...