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Bush continues to pay lip service to this canard out of fear of Republican right-wingers who claim to be "pro-life." In its implications for the slums and villages of the Third World, that slogan disguises a policy that is pro- death. Bush, who hopes that his standing as an international leader will help him next year, says his position has "evolved" after much "soul- searching." Soul-selling is more like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad How Bush Has Wimped Out | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro. This collection of 10 shimmering stories should put to rest, at least for a while, the old canard that nothing interesting ever happens in Canada. The author, who lives near Lake Huron, writes about the lives, times and loves of her countrymen and -women with grace, precision and memorable generosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of '90: Books | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

Drat! It's raining outside. Let's order in. Pizza again? Chinese? Just for a change, my dear, let's try a pate de foie de canard, an oyster salad, quail with grapes and, oh, let's be daring, a tarte aux framboises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: A Dashing Way to Dine | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...writes Brady, "a man who would think nothing of starting off a meal with a bottle of Moet et Chandon just for himself, followed by a Boudin Noir aux Pommes (blood sausage with apples), then a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau to help wash down a Terrine de Canard and a huge porterhouse steak, and finally a Mousse a l'Armagnac, followed by four or five glasses of Calvados, and several cups of very black coffee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Getting to The False Bottom | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

Elements of the design are as old as powered flight itself. The original Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer was of the canard type, with a pair of horizontal stabilizers mounted in front of the pilot. Though the shape had certain advantages in slow-speed flight -- it was highly resistant to stalls -- it proved too unstable at high speeds, and was eventually abandoned in favor of aircraft with stabilizers fixed to their tails. Now, with computers available to design planes and with fly-by-wire controls to help steer them, Beech and ) Piaggio have revived the original concept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Shape of Planes to Come | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

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