Bye-bye, biscotti.
The owners of Stella D’oro, the longtime Bronx Italian cookie and breadstick baker, said they have sold the company – and its operations will be moving to Ohio by the end of the month.
Some 150 union and other plant workers will be out on the street.
Joe Sixpack. Hockey Mom. Maverick.
Even for those passionately following the presidential election, the definition of these campaign buzzwords can change with the voter, pundit or reporter who interprets them.
Imagine, then, how foreign language journalists must struggle to put the terms into context for their audiences when such words often have no direct translation.
That problem faced Al Jazeera reporter Abderrahim Foukara when he wrestled with how to describe “maverick.’’ The world’s most watched Arab network finally decided to define the American colloquialism as “a bird that sings outside the flock.”
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