Bones and stones, if you can forgive this vulgar formulation, are both holdable and beholdable.

The senior Douzenier is referred to as the Dean of the Douzaine and presides at Parish meetings.

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For all these reasons, they are not a commercially viable crop, which means that just about the only garlics you have ever found available in your...