Re: Weekly Vocab 9

Joseph Fatula scripsit:

> A quahog's not a clam???  It sure looks like one.  What is it then,
> technically?
Well, it depends on whether you use "clam" generically for any bivalved
mollusk, or whether you use it narrowly for ... I forget what, but
a clam is a clam, a quahog is a quahog, and a scallop is a scallop.

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O beautiful for patriot's dream that sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears!
America! America!  God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law!
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