Word: canard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...finest tradition of the circus barker, Ringling Bros. turned all the base accusations to gold. "Those who would see only a goat," said Circus President Kenneth Feld, "are missing the magical experience of those who instead see a living unicorn." Admitting that business has been hoist on the caprine canard, Feld added, "P.T. Barnum would have been proud...
...Geneva is still a splendid place in which to discuss the world's ills. The best lakeside restaurants, like La Perle du Lac or the Lion d'Or, serve a magret de canard with a fine bottle from neighboring Burgundy for about $40. Geneva also has good Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Indian restaurants, not to mention modest brasseries that offer a delicious newly caught perch for about $10. Any American who wants to take advantage of the strong dollar (now worth 2.8 Swiss francs, up from 1.7 five years ago) will find the Rue du Rhone lined with windows displaying...
...Scotches in him. The so-called premenstrual syndrome (depression, anger, in some rare cases, violence, around the time of menstruation) has been used successfully as a defense in a couple of murder trials in England, and that reawakened a flicker or two of what is, in fact, a bigoted canard...
...ducks that will waddle along with Donald through the Magic Kingdom on at least three outings during the next month. Of course, it takes an odd duck to be fooled by a fellow in a funny suit. So the Disney folks painstakingly trained the Pekins to accept the costumed canard as the next best thing to Mom. Last week Donald proudly led his faithful followers past squealing crowds of early-morning guests to a giant birthday cake decorated with peas, corn and carrot candles. Unfortunately, the web-footed wonders were too busy quacking up to go for the goodies...
...world, the reaction to the flight from the other major space power was as sour as borsch. Soviet TV noted only that failures were continuing to plague the Challenger on "a routine mission." For three days, not a word was uttered about the historic space walks, although an old canard was repeated: that the shuttle had been built for sinister military purposes. In a display of competition, Moscow announced last week that three cosmonauts had been sent off to reoccupy Salyut 7, the Soviet semipermanent space station. The cosmonauts successfully docked with Salyut 7 and settled in for what...