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The 3,000 delegates attending the U.N. World Food Summit, dedicated to fighting global hunger. (Brickbats).


The 3,000 delegates attending the U.N. World Food Summit, dedicated to fighting global hunger, launched their conference with a lunch of foie gras foie gras (fwä grä) [Fr.,=fat liver], livers of artificially fattened geese. Ducks and chickens are also sometimes used in the making of foie gras. , lobster lobster, marine crustacean with five pairs of jointed legs, the first bearing large pincerlike claws of unequal size adapted to crushing the shells of its prey. , and goose goose, common name for large wild and domesticated swimming birds related to the duck and the swan. Strictly speaking, the term goose is applied to the female and gander to the male.  stuffed with olives, followed by fruit compote.
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Author:Oliver, Charles
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Date:Oct 1, 2002
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