Word: advertent
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...sell hard liquor and get a chuckle south of the Rio Grande, but some up north didn't find it so funny. After a barrage of complaints on its Internet site and threats to boycott the Swedish-made brand in the U.S., Absolut announced it was withdrawing the advert. "In no way was this meant to offend or disparage, nor does it advocate an altering of borders, nor does it lend support to any anti-American sentiment, nor does it reflect immigration issues," wrote Absolut spokeswoman Paula Eriksson on the company website. "Instead, it hearkens to a time which...
...meant he was in decline from the day he left Manchester, aged 27. He played for lesser clubs, including three in North America. Though he lost his skills, he never lost his humor: once asked why he went to play for the Vancouver Whitecaps, he said he saw an advert urging him to "Drink Canada...
...footballer Thierry Henry isn't best known for his way with words, but he has netted a new entry in the latest Concise Oxford English Dictionary. For the first time the pages includes "va-va-voom" - a term Henry famously tries to learn the meaning of in a TV advert for carmaker Renault. (According to the COED, it denotes the quality of being exciting, vigorous or sexually attractive). Henry hopes the phrase lasts longer than another new entry, "flash mobs," the planned-by-e-mail happenings that grabbed attention last year but seem to have been a flash...
...could have done, I'd feel as if I'd orphaned my baby. TIME: Why didn't you film The Magdalene Sisters in Ireland, where it's set? Mullan: It came down to money. But I was a bit concerned when we couldn't get an advert in one of the Irish newspapers. Alarm bells went off, rightly or wrongly. I worried that we'd be met with similar small acts of sabotage. TIME: You still consider yourself a Catholic? Mullan: My mother handed over my soul when I was two weeks old, and they educated me until...