It had always been a time for playful laughter and bobbing for apples, and the celebration was always reserved for synagogue.

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Alternatively, if barefoot luxury is more the order of the day, arrange a stay at Elsewhere near Mandrem, a collection of three 19th-century Portuguese homes (known as the Priest's House, the Bakery and the Piggery) on a mile or so of privately owned beach, perfect for bobbing about undisturbed with only gulls and ghosts of Portuguese past for company.

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Booting up the retooled package offers users a new 3D menu, giving them options for arm length, crouching, head bobbing and a crosshair.

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He and his crewman spent the next five hours bobbing about in increasingly choppy waters hauling in lines of pots for a catch of crab and lobster.

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She was probably never more herself than when descending the grand staircase at London's Palace Theatre, where she played for two unbroken years, with huge pink plumes bobbing on her head and 20 feet of ostrich feathers slithering behind her.

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Even if driven underground for a while, they have an unsettling habit of bobbing up later.

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Most passengers languish on deck as the Tucker T cuts through the sheltered sea of the Bay, keeping their eyes peeled for the dolphins and penguins that occasionally surface alongside like bobbing corks.

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