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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I found this interesting info on a word-a-day list
subscription:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>canard (kuh-NAHRD) noun<BR><BR> 1. A deliberately misleading
story; hoax.<BR><BR> 2. An airplane with small forward wings mounted
in front of the main wings;<BR> also such a
wing.<BR><BR>[From French, literally a duck. The term is said to have come from
the French<BR>expression vendre un canard à moitié or "to half-sell a duck" or
to take in<BR>or swindle.]<BR><BR>Picture of a canard:<BR><A
href="http://142.26.194.131/aerodynamics1/Appendix/Aircraft/Canards.htm">http://142.26.194.131/aerodynamics1/Appendix/Aircraft/Canards.htm</A><BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Ferrell<BR>6241 Phillippi Rd<BR>Julian NC
27283<BR>Phone: (336)685-9606<BR><A
href="mailto:johnferrell@earthlink.net">johnferrell@earthlink.net</A><BR><A
href="http://home.sprintmail.com/~johnferrell/dixiecompetitionproducts/">http://home.sprintmail.com/~johnferrell/dixiecompetitionproducts/</A><BR>NSRCA
479 AMA 4190 W8CCW<BR>"My Competition is Not My
Enemy"<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>