Word: unking
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...quarry is not duck but the prized pink-footed goose. Positioning the hunters along a flyway, Thorpe raises his nose and sniffs the wind. His squinty blue eyes search the horizon. Then, lifting his face to the gray sky, he emits a series of harsh, high-pitched cries: "Ung-unk! Ung-unk! Ung-unk...
...instructed countless other guns−from the Queen Mother's private secretary to Actor Richard Todd−on the wily ways of "the loveliest bird that flies." The call of the pinkfoot, says Thorpe, is the most difficult to imitate. By recording the geese's ringing ung-unk on tape, he learned to distinguish between the gander's imperious high bark and the lower cry of the female. Out on the marshes he does both, relying on "sturdy vocal cords and plenty of cover...
...industry has suffered a succession of blows: a slowdown in space exploration, a $6.9 billion cutback in Washington's defense budget, and a fall-off in orders for commercial aircraft. As a result, aerospace-men have come down with a severe case of what they call the "unk-unks"-the "unknown unknowns...