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...Expect chief executive officer Scott Kirby to have a few tart words for the US Federal Aviation Administration, which grounded planes for two hours on Wednesday when a damaged database file caused a safety...
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...Today, unripe pears are not even tart, just bland and turnippy....
...Charles Heidsieck has been developing a range of very respectable still Chardonnays from different villages known for that grape variety....
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...Nothing about it seems to have changed since Charles Dickens was a regular....
...Slightly tart but it has not been excessively sweetened up....
...They are created by Charles Gouldsbrough, drinks maker and cocktail expert of Gimlet Bar. Dressed in a tunic and hood, Gouldsbrough has clearly embraced the medieval theme with gusto....
...It is hard to imagine a manager delivering such tart advice in writing to an underling today, in a newspaper or anywhere else....
...Charles Fourny of Veuve Fourny & Fils, clambering round the vineyards of Vertus, his shoes smeared with chalk....
...The menu and wine list arrived promptly, quickly followed by a couple of small cheese-and-onion tarts, revealing what this restaurant is — and what it is not....
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