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clam
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clam
there are a large number of clams; one which is cultivated commercially is venerupis japonica.


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Bush is truly interested in getting to the bottom of the illegal ``outing'' of a CIA agent as punishment for criticism by her husband, Joseph Wilson, of the administration's Iraq policy, why doesn't he just sit down with investigators and tell them what he knows, instead of clamming up and hiring an attorney?
A new study suggests that kids in families with widespread alcoholism may tend to find themselves on the other side of the temperamental coin--withdrawing and clamming up when confronted with unfamiliar people and situations.
An angry, disoriented, hostile elderly resident swatting away a medication cup or grimly clamming up and turning away -- a situation encountered routinely by any nursing home staff trying to provide needed medication.
 
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