Word: pigeon
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Parisian resident Cecile Pigeon criticized the need for international observers at the United States election. “[International observers] are only supposed to be necessary for dictatorial regimes, not democratic ones,” she said. “I don’t understand the American system. I don’t know how it is supposed to be democratic...
...outcome of the election could increase tensions between the French and Americans, Pigeon said...
...fraction of French people who supported Bush since the last election has diminished,” Pigeon said. “We know him now, whereas we didn’t four years ago. I don’t think the French will protest [his re-election] much, but I fear that there will be more hostility towards Americans...
...flurry of new finds offers even more evidence that the pigeon you see in the park had an ancestor that ruled the earth. Writing in Nature over the past two weeks, Chinese and American paleontologists announced the discovery of one dinosaur that evidently slept curled up in a posture identical to that of a sleeping duck and another that is the first tyrannosaur ever found with feathers. The discovery of the tyrannosaur is significant because that family of dinosaurs is believed to be among the closest relatives of modern birds...
Such clever marketing tactics have helped make Nike the icon for the new China. According to a recent Hill & Knowlton survey, Chinese consider Nike the Middle Kingdom's "coolest brand." Just as a new Flying Pigeon bicycle defined success when reforms began in the 1980s and a washing machine that could also scrub potatoes became the status symbol a decade later, so the Air Jordan--or any number of Nike products turned out in factories across Asia--has become the symbol of success for China's new middle class. Sales rose 66% last year, to an estimated $300 million...