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When the attack began ... rockets and shells were fired toward Hamdaniya, there were people who had already been displaced sheltering in nearby areas, they had to leave. – Abu George	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I think the Hainanese have essentially taken out all the giant clam shells from the South China Sea, dead or alive. – Ed Gomez	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
More than once, near my house, I've seen people get blown apart by shells. – Nicolas Rahal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is a lot of tension around everything that has to do with religion and secularism, it's linked to the social, political, economic and identity crisis that France is going through, which leads some to withdraw into their shells, to turn to identity politics. – Nicolas Cadene	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
With only isolated skulls or shells, we are unable to fully understand how different species of fossil turtles are related, and what roles they played in their ecosystems. – Randall Irmis	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is intense and has caused the death of a 12-year-old girl, a 19-year-old boy and a 50-year-old man after mortar shells landed on their homes. – Nazakat Hussain	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Barnacle shells ... can tell us valuable information about the water conditions under which they were formed. – Ryan Pearson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They have lots of stringy roots and big, hard-looking shells on them that people don't know how to peel or prepare, but I've never met a veggie I didn't like, so [the challenge is] getting people out of their culinary rut and into trying new things. – Janet Helm	Found on CNN 8 years ago
These prawns are from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and here are prawns from Guangdong and Fujian, river prawns from Zhejiang are firmer in texture, whereas those from Guangdong are softer because of the high temperature there, shells are thinner too. – Colin Cheng	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There are still an estimated 2,500 bombs buried in Berlin and many more artillery shells. Since 1948 we have found 1,395 bombs. – Detlef Jaab	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Around 100 tonnes of powder, 2.6 million detonators, 99 projectiles and around 3,000 cannon shells were found, the documentation that the captain had in regards to the merchandise that was being transported in the China-flagged vessel did not correspond to what we found. – Luis Gonzalez	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
You need to know how to take your flights of fancy and make them reproducible by body presses, then weld, glue, and bolt them together, paint them, and then fill those shells with electrical systems and HVAC, at the very least, your best bet is to partner with a company that already knows how to do this, which is why the reports of talks with [contract manufacturer] Magna Steyr are fanning the flames even more. – Dan Roth	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It’s one thing to design a car, even build a few prototypes. It’s a completely different matter to bring it to market with mass manufacturing, you need to know how to take your flights of fancy and make them reproducible by body presses, then weld, glue, and bolt them together, paint them, and then fill those shells with electrical systems and HVAC. – Dan Roth	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The shells slow you down, and they provide a visual cue to see how much you’ve eaten, you also get 49 pistachios in an one ounce serving, for about 160 calories. – Patricia Bannan	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few and they are more beautiful if they are a few. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh	added by anonymous 10 years ago
One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. – Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development. – Dorothy L. Sayers	added by anonymous 14 years ago
She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell. – Marita Bonner	added by anonymous 14 years ago

When the attack began ... rockets and shells were fired toward Hamdaniya, there were people who had already been displaced sheltering in nearby areas, they had to leave.

– Abu George

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I think the Hainanese have essentially taken out all the giant clam shells from the South China Sea, dead or alive.

– Ed Gomez

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

More than once, near my house, I've seen people get blown apart by shells.

– Nicolas Rahal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is a lot of tension around everything that has to do with religion and secularism, it's linked to the social, political, economic and identity crisis that France is going through, which leads some to withdraw into their shells, to turn to identity politics.

– Nicolas Cadene

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

With only isolated skulls or shells, we are unable to fully understand how different species of fossil turtles are related, and what roles they played in their ecosystems.

– Randall Irmis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is intense and has caused the death of a 12-year-old girl, a 19-year-old boy and a 50-year-old man after mortar shells landed on their homes.

– Nazakat Hussain

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Barnacle shells ... can tell us valuable information about the water conditions under which they were formed.

– Ryan Pearson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They have lots of stringy roots and big, hard-looking shells on them that people don't know how to peel or prepare, but I've never met a veggie I didn't like, so [the challenge is] getting people out of their culinary rut and into trying new things.

– Janet Helm

Found on CNN
8 years ago

These prawns are from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and here are prawns from Guangdong and Fujian, river prawns from Zhejiang are firmer in texture, whereas those from Guangdong are softer because of the high temperature there, shells are thinner too.

– Colin Cheng

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There are still an estimated 2,500 bombs buried in Berlin and many more artillery shells. Since 1948 we have found 1,395 bombs.

– Detlef Jaab

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Around 100 tonnes of powder, 2.6 million detonators, 99 projectiles and around 3,000 cannon shells were found, the documentation that the captain had in regards to the merchandise that was being transported in the China-flagged vessel did not correspond to what we found.

– Luis Gonzalez

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

You need to know how to take your flights of fancy and make them reproducible by body presses, then weld, glue, and bolt them together, paint them, and then fill those shells with electrical systems and HVAC, at the very least, your best bet is to partner with a company that already knows how to do this, which is why the reports of talks with [contract manufacturer] Magna Steyr are fanning the flames even more.

– Dan Roth

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It’s one thing to design a car, even build a few prototypes. It’s a completely different matter to bring it to market with mass manufacturing, you need to know how to take your flights of fancy and make them reproducible by body presses, then weld, glue, and bolt them together, paint them, and then fill those shells with electrical systems and HVAC.

– Dan Roth

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The shells slow you down, and they provide a visual cue to see how much you’ve eaten, you also get 49 pistachios in an one ounce serving, for about 160 calories.

– Patricia Bannan

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few and they are more beautiful if they are a few.

– Anne Morrow Lindbergh

added by anonymous
10 years ago

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

– Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.

– Dorothy L. Sayers

added by anonymous
14 years ago

She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell.

– Marita Bonner

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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