Word: herring
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...Herring...
...Menelaus, Thersites remarks "to be an ass, were nothing, be is both ass and ox; to be an ox, were nothing, he is both ox and ass. To be a dog, a mule a cat, a finch, a toad, a lizzard, an owl, a puttock, or a herring without a toe. I would not care, but to be Menelaus, I woud conspire against destiny." Scratching her head, pulling at her suit of rags and slobbering over a bottle of brew, Fasolino's Thersites is convulsive. Excellently staged by Evett, Faselino flits from audience to stage and back again at break...
...sell in the Japanese market. One oft-cited example: U.S. carmakers do not make a vehicle with the steering wheel on the right for Japanese highways. Detroit, scoffs a Tokyo official, seems to be convinced that "Japanese traffic moves the American way." U.S. carmakers call that a red herring. Detroit would happily switch the steering wheel if the Japanese would lower their tariffs and eliminate the mind-boggling inspection procedures that severely restrict imports of American cars...
...That material, said Barr, could include minutes of a meeting that Sharon held with Bashir two days before the assassination; the Defense Minister might have learned there of the Phalangists' intentions if they ever entered the Palestinian refugee camps. In response, Gould dismissed Zadok's reservations as a "red herring...
...Virginia capes, only 30 miles wide at its broadest point, the Chesapeake has long been a source of almost overwhelming natural abundance. Geese, black ducks, mallard, teal and widgeon have darkened the skies over the bay and fattened themselves in its marshes. Striped bass, shad and herring spawn in its shallow bays. Oysters, clams and the succulent Atlantic blue crab provide the bay's hardy watermen with a livelihood and gourmets with seafood delights...