Analysis
Despite the government's confident announcement, this is still not quite a done deal.Within the food industry - and particularly among manufacturers rather than the supermarkets themselves - there are still grumblings about front-of-pack labelling.
But after years of discussions and research and a detailed consultation over the summer, ministers are effectively sticking their necks out to force the sector over the line.
Talks are due to take place on Thursday and by making this announcement now it puts the pressure on industry representatives to sign up.
If a consistent system is not in place by the summer of next year the government will feel it can lay the blame elsewhere.
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Trumpeting a Blue-Collar Pitch
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Campaign Memo
Clinton Trumpeting a Blue-Collar Pitch
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has spent her life climbing the ladders of education, wealth and power, is now climbing back down them on the trail in Indiana.
trumpet (ANNOUNCE)
verb [T] MAINLY DISAPPROVING
to announce or state something proudly to a lot of people:
The museum has been loudly trumpeting its reputation as one of the finest in the world.
Their much-trumpeted price cuts affect only 5% of the goods that they sell.
blue-collar
adjective [before noun]
describes people who do physical or unskilled work in a factory rather than office work
pitch (PERSUASION)
noun [C]
1 a speech or act which attempts to persuade someone to buy or do something:
The man in the shop gave me his (sales) pitch about quality and reliability.
She made a pitch for the job but she didn't get it.
[+ to infinitive] The city made a pitch to stage the Olympics.
2 UK a place in a public area where a person regularly sells goods or performs:
The flower seller was at his usual pitch outside the station.
pitch
verb [I or T] MAINLY US
to try to persuade someone to do something:
She pitched her idea to me over a business lunch.
They are pitching for business at the moment.
noun [C]
1 a speech or act which attempts to persuade someone to buy or do something:
The man in the shop gave me his (sales) pitch about quality and reliability.
She made a pitch for the job but she didn't get it.
[+ to infinitive] The city made a pitch to stage the Olympics.
2 UK a place in a public area where a person regularly sells goods or performs:
The flower seller was at his usual pitch outside the station.
pitch
verb [I or T] MAINLY US
to try to persuade someone to do something:
She pitched her idea to me over a business lunch.
They are pitching for business at the moment.
In human anatomy, the clavicle or collarbone is a long bone that serves as a strutbetween the scapula and the breastbone.
Collarbone (shown in red)
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Human collarbone
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stray intr.v., strayed, stray·ing, strays.
- To move away from a group, deviate from the correct course, or go beyond established limits.
- To become lost.
- To wander about without a destination or purpose; roam. See synonyms at wander.
- To follow a winding course; meander.
- To deviate from a moral, proper, or right course; err.
- To become diverted from a subject or train of thought; digress. See synonyms at swerve.
- stick one's neck out
- ((略式))あえて危険［批判など］に身をさらす；危険を冒す.
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