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The French island of Corsica

The French island of Corsica

This Envisat composite image shows the French island of Corsica, one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Corsica is located just 90 km west of Italy, and 170 km south of France. Sardinia is just to the south...
Word of the Day
squidger
  • The round disk used to play winks in the game of tiddlywinks.
  • Someone who squidges a wink in the game of tiddlywinks.
The origin of this word is uncertain. The earliest citation, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is 1955.
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Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.

- Chris Patten (b. 1944), British Conservative politician.
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