But if I add up my cousin's spending, my target will be bubkes, and I'll be told to splurge now and starve tomorrow.

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The conversation turns to oyster farming and I talk about spending my early summers in Virginia with my aunt, uncle, and cousin without electricity by the Chesapeake Bay, with hand-drawn water from a well and harvesting oysters from a small inlet.

NPR: Environmentalist John Francis, Walking the Walk

Ms. ABIR (Palestinian Rapper): I'm Mahmoud's cousin and Tamer and Suhell are my best friends.

NPR: Rapping About Land and Identity

So I have one conversation on e-mail with my grandfather and another with my cousin on SMS and all these things don't work the same way.

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It is paradise without a passport (if you are an American) and it calls my name on every cold winter's day walking around New York's distant archipelago cousin, where I live and work.

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