Word: canard
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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...
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...
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...
...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...
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...