| 单词 | quack |
| 例句 | “L. Roy is a quack. Calls himself a scientist, but most of the time he just makes stuff up and hopes folks won’t know the difference.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “My science teacher says it’s quacks like Sagarsky that give real scientists a bad name.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z If he stood up, towering high above them, or if he stopped quacking for more than a moment, they stopped following and began to cry loudly. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “He’s only quacking!” said the Prime Minister weakly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He called Rush a quack and a murderer, and even suggested the doctor was mentally unstable. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It was about a mother duck and a father swan with three baby ducklings who were bitten to death by the father because they quacked too much. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Ignore its irritable quacking as you close the cupboard door. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z They were staring in horror at the professor who, as far as they could see, was quacking away to himself while creeping along the ground in a most peculiar way. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The eyeless creature with the quacking voice would never be vaporized. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z So, when the next lot of little ducklings hatched, Lorenz bent over them, quacked, and gradually moved away. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The voice from the other table quacked rapidly on, easily audible in spite of the surrounding din. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z ‘Kat. She took the pillow and banged me on the shoulder with it. ‘That’s to stop you looking like a bloody duck that’s forgotten how to quack,’ she said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Simultaneously, quacking loudly in alarm, the mallards took off in a body. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it was now a dull gray, so detailed were its features that he found himself half listening for the sound of a quack. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The quacking voice from the next table, temporarily silenced during the Ministry’s announcement, had started up again, as loud as ever. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For the rest it was just a noise, a quack-quack- quacking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He quacks and honks and flaps his little wings, all while staring at Uncle Phil. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Unable to repel the quacks with a clear theory of their own, archaeologists and anthropologists found themselves enveloped in a cloud of speculation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There is a killing poignancy in the fact that Troy’s credentials are invariably a list of unwatched 1970s made-for-TV flops and infomercials for quack remedies, which is what makes us laugh. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The two naturalists began hooting, grunting, squawking, squealing, crowing, mooing, growling, snuffling, quacking, snarling and mewing at one another, until they were red in the face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it’s me; I’m the duck, not the raven. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Probably because Sagarsky is a quack,” a voice behind us says. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Cut that out. Stop it. Enough!' In the background, William sits upright in the water and quacks. “I’m talking to you, too, duck!” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “She has an ugly voice. She quacks like a pressed duck.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z From the table at Winston’s left, a little behind his back, someone was talking rapidly and continuously, a harsh gabble almost like the quacking of a duck, which pierced the general uproar of the room. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Mama Duck hiss and snort and cluck and quack up a blue streak. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A quack doctor pitched patent medicines from the back of a wagon: “A rare cordial to fortify the innards against infective parasites, unwholesome damps, and malignant effluvia!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Charles answered all of them—even the ones from quacks. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Midwives, nurses, dentists, barbers, apothecaries, wandering healers, quack physicians, and next-door neighbors offered opinions on the disease, too. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z And her quacking sounded just like the quacking of a mallard duck. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Stop looking at me like a duck that’s forgotten how to quack!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, don't step on any quacks in the sidewalk! blessing in the skies. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A bunch of mallards, feeding in the shallows across the river, took flight with frightened quacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The cows lowed it, the dogs whined it, the sheep bleated it, the horses whinnied it, the ducks quacked it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Yet it’s considered acceptable if it’s done unknowingly by earnest but ignorant publishers of stock newsletters, or by practitioners of quack medicine, or by television evangelists. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can count backward from one hundred in a duck voice,” Esme volunteered through her sniffles, and then began to demonstrate, quacking: “One hundred, ninety-nine, ninety-eight. . .” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Her head went off to one side - she was the one who looked like a duck that’s forgotten how to quack - and I felt a teardrop fall onto the hand on her shoulder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The stuff that was coming out of him consisted of words, but it was not speech in the true sense: it was a noise uttered in unconsciousness, like the quacking of a duck. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In 1881, many traditional doctors considered homeopaths to be quacks employing useless and sometimes dangerous medicines. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On towers all around the courtyard, bands of musicians played a vast, slow tune on quacking horns, blaring trumpets, and thundering drums, while below, the spiral moved to their beat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The nights were quiet, the mornings still, but for the quacking of ducks and the bleating of goats. Loneliness and Its Antidote on Orcas Island 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Others see him as an annoying quack who never misses an opportunity to lecture whoever is in the same room. The Walking Dead Watch: “Internment” 2013-11-11T03:01:06Z One family at a reading reported that every time they see a freight train with more than 20 cars, they start quacking like ducks — a throwback to Dr. Pickell, Wayside’s counselor. Louis Sachar returns to wacky Wayside School more than 40 years after ‘Sideways Stories’ 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z This makes me susceptible to gurus, cults, and quacks. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z LMAOB/GYN: “Ha ha, look at the speculum! Doesn’t it look like a duck? Quack, quack! Okay, get back to work, there, Mr. Duck!” Style Invitational Week 1346: AZ if — balancing acts 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z “Madhouse,” by Andrew Scull, tells the fascinating and infuriating story of Dr. Henry Cotton, an early-20th-century quack who believed that he could cure mental illness by removing people’s organs. Simon Rich: By the Book 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Am I the only one who notices that all his quack profiles are thinly veiled descriptions of himself?” he asks sarcastically, speaking of Waterhouse. Review: In Sophie Hannah’s ‘Woman With a Secret,’ Mysteries Multiply 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Kreizler, regarded in social circles as a strange quack, nevertheless makes a convincing argument that the killer has struck before in the previous murders of twins, a sister and brother. Review | Long past its bestseller heyday, ‘The Alienist’ arrives late to a 19th-century crime spree 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z It's unfair to dismiss Kellogg as a straight quack, as he was sometimes on the cutting edge of medical treatments. 11 of John Harvey Kellogg's strangest inventions 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z He is dogged by accusations that he was a charlatan selling quack treatments and miracle cures for profit on his TV show. No notes, same logo: Dr. Oz’s campaign is like his TV show 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z “For you,” she says, falteringly, in a voice pitched between a quack and a chirp. Review: ‘A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing’ Is a Ghostly Play 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Examining Nontraditional Medicine “Doctored,” Bobby Sheehan’s scattered film about the benefits of chiropractic care, opens with tales from the days when chiropractors were dismissed as quacks, cultists and charlatans. Movie Review: ‘Doctored,’ a Defense of Chiropractic Aid 2012-09-20T23:37:58Z In Lindi you cannot wait a month without hearing that some woman is dying, due to abortion that was done by a quack somewhere. These pro-lifers are fine when women die 2013-05-30T14:37:00Z Add in years of drug abuse, a quack psychologist who effectively held him prisoner for a decade and the younger brothers who died early, and it’s a lot to endure. New documentary tells Brian Wilson’s survival story 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The Helix, as it has been dubbed, looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but what kind of duck is this? Review | The Helix is a distraction. Amazon’s new headquarters will change more than just its Arlington neighborhood. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z For one thing, my technical knowledge is limited to the research I did for a fraudulent humorous quack medical book I wrote 20 years ago. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I’m not a doctor, but I play one at home 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z In “You Can’t Cure Me, I Promise It’s Fine,” she conjures up an imagined Disability Be Gone! mart that sells quack cures. Review | Keah Brown is trying to change how disabled people are viewed. Listen to her. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Take back this quack, Oh, bring back some sanity to the scene, Or we might see A President Trump in ’16. Style Invitational: It’s easy as 1-B-iii 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Give dad the gift that keeps on quacking with the two-part "Duck Dynasty: A Father's Day of Duck." TV This Week June 15-21: 'Masterpiece Mystery!,' 'Rectify' and more 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He describes the older Hitler's hypochondria and reliance on a quack doctor to give him daily injections, Michael Jackson-style. 'Hitler': the mystery of the F?hrer's appeal 2012-04-11T22:26:08Z He must be a quack — right? — but when he says “Our chemistry is starting to build” there’s real truth there. Safety Not Guaranteed But Satisfaction Highly Likely 2012-06-07T17:00:27Z Franken let out another quacking laugh and acted out a scene imagining the ridiculousness of a comic answering a question about a joke with “I am keeping my options open.” For Al Franken, a Comeback Attempt Goes Through Comedy Clubs 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Instead, you may find yourself wanting to share a Mason jar of sweet tea with this quack pack and join their fun. It's 'Duck Dynasty' season as A&E hit flies high 2013-03-05T15:04:08Z He was eager to juxtapose the multileveled intricacy of his piano improvisations with quacking, wriggling synthesizer tones, hopping between profundity and comedy. Music Review: Herbie Hancock at Rose Theater 2012-03-11T22:05:23Z Years later, when he meets her again, his swain’s heart gives an “anguished quack.” An Irish Flâneur, Greeting the Past on His Present Wanderings 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Its mother’s loud quacks sounded more like concerned reprimands than coaching. Outside Lisbon, a Verdant World of Castles and Palaces 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Heroism is a label I would bestow lightly, if ever, knowing how the milkshake duck quacks for us all, eventually. I need a hero: finding courage, defiance and joy in the dark days of 2019 | Josephine Tovey 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Although a strong starting position on the Billboard 200 album chart next week would cement the national appeal of the family's personas, do not expect them to be quacking about the album after November 23. TV's 'Duck Dynasty' waddles its way into country, music that is 2013-11-01T10:14:23Z Mr. Bayley brings a robust voice and a maniacal gaze to this sneering quack. Opera Review: Matthias Goerne Fills In as Lead at the Met 2014-03-07T22:34:23Z But the ancient story was about much more than a clever, or quack, remedy. What makes a great speech? 2011-02-26T00:07:28Z If only the Irish half included her voice, which yelped, quacked and grated for an hour. TV review: Coming Here Soon; Imagine: Paul Simon's Graceland 2012-07-03T23:04:01Z For as long as people have eaten food, there have been diets and quack cures. Why we fell for clean eating 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z As immediate as it is a keeper, Don't Hold the Wall grabs from the near east and the southern hemisphere; crickets chirp in the background, and a sped-up helium sample quacks like it's 1999. Justin Timberlake: The 20/20 Experience – review 2013-03-17T00:05:18Z “Pronoun trouble!” — as Daffy Duck quacked to Bugs Bunny in the 1952 Chuck Jones cartoon Rabbit Seasoning — is rampant these days, and probably always has been. Why Weird Al's 'Word Crimes' Is English for Dummies 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z It “quacks, hoots, pants and gasps for breath in order to present the love scenes as naturalistically as possible.” The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Was it insensitive for Gottfried to make light of human tragedy -- and foolish to bite the quacking hand that feeds him? Sympathy for Gilbert Gottfried 2011-03-15T19:55:00Z Don’t worry – whatever you’ve done, The Simpsons’ quack doctor has done already and worse. From The Simpsons to Nurse Jackie, the most useful (and useless) TV medics 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z One thinks of Jack’s body, brutally remade on a makeshift operating table halfway through the memoir; Bess picks up the scalpel to finish her lover’s top surgery after a quack doctor faints. “Confessions of the Fox” Is a Cunning Metafiction of Vulpine Versatility 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z But I quacked through the interviews just fine. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: His name sounded familiar for some reason. And then it hit me. 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z All of which suggests the amount of information online about doctors and the growth of ratings sites doesn’t make it any easier to figure out whether your doctor is brilliant or a quack. Should doctors withhold bad news? 2012-06-07T15:20:00Z Ms. Diller apparently started making that marvelous quack as a child. ArtsBeat: Phyllis Diller and Her Comic Craft 2012-08-22T16:23:43Z The complaints of Waters' fans centred around the narrator, a dry, restrained country quack called Dr Faraday. Guardian book club: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 2010-08-11T14:06:00Z If Donald Duck married Annie Oakley, their kid would be a quack shot. Style Invitational Week 1225: The Ideas of March 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z If it looks like a morning, swims like a morning, and quacks like a morning, then it's probably a morning. While you were sleeping, someone was baking 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Mississippi wouldn’t allow quack science to convict the wrong people if white citizens primarily bore the burden. The Epidemic of Wrongful Convictions in America 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Her aide in this mission is Dr. Tuttle, a Yellow Pages quack extraordinaire whose medical advice runs the gamut from “dial 9-1-1 if anything bad happens” to “use reason when you feel you can.” Ottessa Moshfegh’s Painful, Funny Novel of a Young Woman’s Chemical Hibernation 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z After establishing his court in Prague, Rudolf II gathered about him a glittering entourage of artists, intellectuals, scientists, quacks and charlatans. Getting to Know Bartholomeus Spranger at the Met 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z In any case, Shaw's real interest goes deeper: he is exposing the medical profession not only as a group of quarrelling quacks but a bunch of humans made venal by the system of private medicine. Richard III; The Doctor's Dilemma; The Fire Garden – reviews 2012-07-28T23:06:10Z But then he finds bandages, wounds, pills, syringes, nurses, sanitariums and quacks depicted on ephemera ranging from department store ads to war propaganda. Antiques: Americana Shows That Keep It Local 2011-03-31T20:37:29Z He not only defrauded Medicare — he considers himself a “healthcare entrepreneur” — but killed his cancer-ridden wife by insisting on a quack treatment. More Russian meddling: Paul Goldberg comic novel, ‘The Château’ 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z A duck quacked its verdict from the tall grass. Casting in Colorado, Away From the Crowds 2012-08-22T19:37:27Z Visitors can check out a light bulb created by Thomas Edison and headgear used by quack doctors to shock patients, and experiment with an electronic musical instrument, the Theremin, which is controlled without physical contact. Go North for Active Days and Appetizing Nights 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z When I was a small child, I would roar and meow and quack and moo. How dogs rescued me from an eating disorder 2014-02-22T23:00:00Z Hogarth portrays all aristocrats as decadent, all politicians as corrupt, all capitalists as money-grubbing and all doctors as quacks. Hogarth and Scarfe offend humanity … and that is why they are great 2013-01-30T14:19:02Z “I’m not a lawyer but if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck,” McCain said. Meghan McCain doubts Republican Senate's findings of "no collusion": "If it looks like a duck . . ." 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z And the booming bass Walter Fink held the stage as the pompous Doctor, who pays Wozzeck to be a subject of quack medical experiments. Music Review: In ?Wozzeck? at the Met, the Night Belonged to Levine 2011-04-07T12:58:54Z The scene takes several ridiculous turns, including a side trip to Iran and Rosalynn Carter quacking like a duck. Theatre’s Superpower 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z If it walks like a masterpiece and it quacks like a masterpiece ... Kanye West's fantasy has come true ? critics believe the hype 2010-11-23T13:23:00Z I began watching those 2:00 AM commercials for quack cures that would shrink my prostate. Farewell, once-favorite organ: I am officially breaking up with my penis 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z “I find it offensive to the First Amendment, everything we stand for as Americans, that we have these folks — some of them who, in my opinion, may be quacks themselves — to say, ‘Fire him, Columbia.’ “This is a witch hunt!” Fox News’ pundit says Dr. Oz is the target of a grand “conspiracy” 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It’s doubtful that nineteenth-century Americans saw their healers as “irregular” or as “quacks” in the negative way that we have come to understand the words. The battle for medicine’s soul: A century of alternative remedies 2014-01-19T19:00:00Z In an email sent las week to Columbia University, ten doctors argued that Oz had shown “an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain.” “This is a witch hunt!” Fox News’ pundit says Dr. Oz is the target of a grand “conspiracy” 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z I watched one drift slowly, like an alien ship, past a quacking duck. Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Cosmic Nature’ Dots a Bronx Garden 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z We're talking about a badly broken planet, our only home, and the only doctors we can find to give a second opinion are the quacks. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z They lived in homes, not slaughter houses; they spoke, rather than clucking or quacking. Free Birds: A Thanksgiving Turkey, Neither Rare Nor Well-Done 2013-10-31T23:00:09Z The 30-second spot features the duck breakdancing in competition with a pigeon, with a single prominent quack of the company's name at the outset. Aflac picks new duck voice to replace Gilbert Gottfried 2011-04-26T20:41:42Z Past-life regression, it turns out, can help with "skin problems", "cancer", "relationship challenges" and "stress", and only a cynic would point out that claims of such omni-effectiveness are characteristic of all quack therapies. Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice - reviews 2011-08-26T21:55:09Z For now, I’m content mooing and quacking, and then marvelling each time my son reaches across and turns a page. What We’re Reading with Our Kids this Summer 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z But by the time I Need rolls around, more quack than track, his male Macy Gray schtick grates. Maverick Sabre ? review 2011-07-27T14:34:17Z And he had a humorous streak; quacking duck sounds turn up across his discography. Junie Morrison, a Funk Mastermind, Dies at 62 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z They can regularly join the action: by duck walking, quacking, flapping, beat boxing, repeating that “I say I can” strategy. Spare Times for Children for Feb. 20-26 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z As each one resurfaced, its mother, who had stopped quacking, greeted it. A duck needed help saving her ducklings. A police rescue ensued. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “I may quack or cough, so please bear with me.” Music Review: Sinead O?Connor at the Highline Ballroom 2012-02-26T21:35:23Z Franken — who moves effortlessly from inside-showbiz yarns to political ones — is less deadpan offstage than on, with a slightly quicker delivery, puncturing many sentences with a booming laugh that sounds like a baritone quack. For Al Franken, a Comeback Attempt Goes Through Comedy Clubs 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z “They made him seem like a kind of quack,” Mr. Lahr said. John Lahr’s Biography of Tennessee Williams 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z With a monotone male voice repeating the word “whack” in the manner of a quacking duck, the song expressed the merry spirit of Mr. Holt’s style of jazz. Redd Holt, Drummer on Instrumentals That Became Pop Hits, Dies at 91 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z For Yeterian, learning to quack was a classic instance of a musician discovering his true voice. Mama Rosin: Some like it hot 2011-01-06T22:29:00Z With such a soft hand having half its points in quacks — queens and jacks — he should have preferred three no-trump. Bridge: Bridge: An Opening Lead Is Steered by the Bidding 2011-10-09T22:17:57Z The baritone Marco Nisticò lacked larger-than-life power but was restrained and charming as Dulcamara, the quack doctor who sells the town on cheap wine dressed up as the eponymous love potion. Music Review: Two Debuts at a Diner That Specializes in Donizetti?s Secret Sauce 2011-03-23T21:29:23Z Contrary to its continued promotion by quacks such as Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, the drug has been conclusively shown to be utterly useless against COVID. Column: Right-wing judges are on a mission to stop the FDA from warning consumers about snake oil 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The new field of digital bioacoustics is machine learning to try decipher animal speak, including honeybee toots and quacks and woops. Scientists Are Beginning to Learn the Language of Bats and Bees Using AI 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The quacking discovery was made by Wessex Water staff during a routine survey of an underground rainwater sewer pipe in Frenchay, Bristol. Quacking find as duck filmed waddling in sewer 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Jones experienced some mental issues in his later years and would sometimes make an unusual quacking noise. Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain on singing, connecting and advice from Tony Soprano 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Leading medical experts have lamented the politicization of trans healthcare and denounced the efforts of mostly Republican lawmakers to second-guess widely accepted standards of care using quack science. Pride as resistance: LGBTQ+ people struggle against right-wing war on their legal rights 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Carrying the 5th Circuit’s ruling to its logical extreme, the agency’s stem cell warning would exacerbate the vulnerability of disease sufferers to quacks hawking expensive and ineffective treatments. Column: Right-wing judges are on a mission to stop the FDA from warning consumers about snake oil 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z In 2019 you would have been considered a quack if you suggested that the best way to get rid of a virus is to spread the virus. Column: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z That doesn't necessarily mean that Weisselberg will turn on Trump, she said, "but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck." "Just wait": Legal experts say pressure growing on jailed Allen Weisselberg to flip on Trump 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z An increasingly militaristic Russia might swim, quack and look like a duck, but that did not mean it was one. War in Ukraine Has Changed Europe for Good 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z As they walked along the National Mall, Green’s phone started quacking with a duck call ringtone. These rural schools face a financial 'cliff.’ Will partisan bickering cut off a lifeline? 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Now Hearth and Haven Farm, normally noisy with cheerful quacking, is chillingly silent. Egg shortage has WA shoppers shelling out and farmers scrambling 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z “In 2019 you would have been considered a quack if you suggested that the best way to get rid of a virus is to spread the virus,” he says. Column: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z They posted consecutive wins for third time this season, but if it looks, walks and quacks like a Duck, it’s still horrible — and got outscored 13-3 the next two games. Week 13 NHL power rankings: Where the Kraken stand after big win over Bruins 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z That sentence should have read: “As the Trump administration diddled with nostrums and quack cures, the new surgeon general kept forfeiting his integrity.” Opinion | Jerome Adams should have listened to his wife 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But the quacking — rather than quaking — in their boots tweet drew quite the twitter mockdown, including this memorable rejoinder: "Quacking? You're a ducking moron." Why the mainstream news media got its midterms election coverage so wrong 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z "Already one young Kenyan has died as a result of a botched operation by quack doctors operating in the Chinese-run factories in Myanmar," the ministry said last week. The Kenyans lured to become unwitting 'love' fraudsters 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z “It is easy to joke about Dr. OZ and all these quack remedies he pushed on TV, but it matters,” Mr. Obama said. Obama rallies voters for Fetterman, and pushes them to consider: ‘Who will fight for you?’ 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z He found that every species he recorded produced some sort of sound, including quacks, bleeps, grunts, crackles, toots and snorts. Vertebrates May Have Used Vocal Communication More Than 100 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Miller described Oz, in his view, as someone who has been an advocate of “quack cures.” As TV doctor, Mehmet Oz provided platform for questionable products and views 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z "In short, we think the next year will look like a global recession, feel like a global recession, and maybe even quack like one, so that's what we're now calling it." Asia markets spooked by recession risks, dollar climbs 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z As a quack historian of the Czars, he knows that his end could be messy. A decision tree for Biden if Putin goes nuclear 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z And it wouldn’t be America had there not been the quacks, showmen with snake-oil nostrums at the ready: garlic derivatives, copper treatments, patent remedies like “Tuberculene” — active ingredient, creosote. Southern California’s curious history as the sanitarium capital of America 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z “That is the equivalent of calling a doctor a quack or a lawyer an ambulance chaser,” said Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal government. Perspective | GOP attacks go beyond FBI and elections to delegitimize government 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z “He has manifested an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain,” they wrote to Lee Goldman, dean of the faculties of health sciences and medicine. As TV doctor, Mehmet Oz provided platform for questionable products and views 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Too often, quack doctors prescribed regimens and medicines that did far more harm that good. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, well, in this case it’s a recession. Why you should ignore the ‘official recession’ debate 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z His ageing father slid into depression and began visiting quacks. Bihar: Their son vanished - then an imposter took over for 41 years 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z “She is rejected by society and the medical profession. In her hour of greatest need, she is forced to hunt for a quack abortionist on her own.” Her illegal abortion paved the way for Roe. 56 years later she shares her story 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Since the thing that actually works is politically foolish, Democrats such as Warren are resorting to conspiracy theories and quack cures. Opinion | Biden is doing nothing to fight inflation. We should be grateful for that. 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z “It’s very hard to defend a map like New York’s, and ultimately if it quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.” N.Y. House Districts Illegally Favor Democrats, Appeals Court Rules 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z His novels frequently addressed issues related to gay life, such as “conversion” therapy by a quack therapist and the killing of a gay activist who exposed closeted gay men. Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z During Bizon's trial on Wednesday, the nurse said that the lawmaker "tried to bully, coerce and intimidate me to practice quack medicine because he believed in conspiracy theories." Michigan Republican sentenced to probation for inappropriately touching nurse during COVID treatment 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z As the historian Rick Perlstein pointed out some time back, peddlers of quack medicine and right-wing extremists have had a long and happy relationship. Who pays for the COVID lies? 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The quack cure is simply forbidding firms to raise prices under threat of legal sanction. Opinion | Biden is doing nothing to fight inflation. We should be grateful for that. 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z He was talking about how Gerald Ford was faking his own assassination attempts; in his campaign newsletter Reagan promoted a John Birch Society quack remedy for cancer called Laetrile. Before Trump, Alex Jones and QAnon: How Robert Welch created the paranoid far right 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr Mandal said he had been a "practising quack" in his village before taking up a postman's job and "knew a thing about diseases". Covid-19: Indian man has taken at least eight Covid jabs 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He expressed alarm that one of them might be put on medication “for any disorder these quacks might think he has.” Inside Klete Keller’s fall from Olympic gold to the Capitol riot 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z No telling whether LeBron James is an avid watcher, but he seems to be getting his covid updates from accredited quacks as well. Perspective | Bradley Beal’s greatest act of leadership came from a syringe 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The start of the last century was the age of medical discoveries, along with the quack remedies that exploited them. From sacred to profane: A brief history of Southern California's hot springs 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z “That oath is about first doing no harm and always putting your patients first. I just think he’s a quack, to be honest.” ‘Magic’ Weight-Loss Pills and Covid Cures: Dr. Oz Under the Microscope 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z He grew impatient with the medical professionals who kept telling him bad news and instead turned to the quack remedies like Hydroxychloroquine which people like Fox News personality Laura Ingraham were promoting. Trump's COVID army turns against him 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Tyson called it “amazing that you guys are actually entertaining this conversation” and alluded to the concerns voiced by the medical society, telling the board, “I’m not a quack.” Imperial County medical groups raise alarm about 'unproven' COVID-19 treatments 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Oz, whose net worth is estimated at around $100 million, has long faced criticism from medical professionals for promoting "quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain." Dr. Oz says he’s running to create jobs in the US –– but his own company sells products from China 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z An atmosphere of fear further entrenches wrongheaded beliefs — encouraging not only skepticism about truth but also artificial certainty about quack cures or conspiracy theories. Opinion | NIH’s Francis Collins, on covid, science and faith: ‘There is such a thing as truth’ 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Our top financial watchdog claimed with a straight face that it’s just too darn hard to figure out if the thing that keeps quacking like a duck is really a duck. Column: Rohit Chopra, Biden's pick to head CFPB, finally gets Senate nod (barely) 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z He listened to quack doctors like Fox News radiologist Dr. Scott Atlas, who would tell him what he wanted to hear. Trump's COVID army turns against him 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z “Anxiety, fear, denial, racism, conspiracy theories, the popularity of quack cures, the ‘you’re not the boss of me’ backlash to health directives — these things have all been seen dating back to the medieval plagues.” Wondering why society went off-kilter during the pandemic? It was all predicted in this book 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Both pharmacists and the CDC suspect that many of the prescriptions for human use are coming from telehealth platforms — or, as one pharmacist called them in Time magazine, "quack telehealth prescribers." How easy is it to get an ivermectin prescription? It took us 3 hours. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z As President Donald Trump alternately flailed and railed against the pandemic last spring, it was understandable that many Americans craved honest advice rather than ad hominem attacks and quack cures. Opinion | The ‘Cuomosexual’ phenomenon was disgraceful. We’re politicians’ bosses, not their fans. 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z It started as a quack drug rehabilitation center and then grew to accommodate so-called lifestylers, people who just wanted in on this alternative way of living. From workplaces to politics to Instagram influencers, "cultish" language is everywhere 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z While Asian cultures differ vastly among ethnicities from South Asia to East Asia, some common values include a preference for harmony and conflict avoidance — the danger in being that quacking duck. The Cost of Being an ‘Interchangeable Asian’ 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z That sequence represents what works best in the “Saw” franchise: the ingenious unwinnable scenarios constructed for peak gore, copious blood and quacking panic. Review: A tortured franchise returns in 'Spiral: From the Book of Saw.' The result will make you scream 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Around this time every year, the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach is filled with quacking from hundreds of ducklings orphaned during spring “baby season.” Orphaned ducklings find lettuce and love at Huntington Beach wildlife center 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z "He is definitely one of the biggest most prominent quacks in India," says Mr Christopher. The rise of India's 'Covid quack' 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z So did doctors, whose quack remedies included cupping, bleeding and herbal decoctions. What we can learn from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's years in lockdown 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z There is a Japanese proverb that states, “The quacking duck gets shot.” The Cost of Being an ‘Interchangeable Asian’ 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Their contentions devolved into quack conceptions of racial inferiority peddled by Jewish neoconservatives, while Black demagogues trafficked in slanders about Jewish complicity in the slave trade. Can Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff reinvigorate the Black-Jewish alliance? 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z The mallard duck quacks just like the real thing, and the northern mockingbird’s song will have children searching nearby branches. Bearly recognizable: A child’s cuddly friend could be cuttlefish 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Predictably, these quacks did not recommend mask enforcement, and the district took no steps in that direction. Editorial Roundup: Idaho 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The Ducks quacked last, though, as Mykael Wright returned the ensuing kickoff 36 yards and four consecutive pass completions from quarterback Justin Herbert put the home team in field goal range. First look: No. 11 Oregon at Washington State 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z If there are any ducks, my son would quack at them as we munched on our breakfast and meandered down toward the Georgetown waterfront. How Blue Fern Travel co-founder Stefan Woehlke would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The tendency is most obvious in Trump’s elevation of quack cures. Opinion | Here are the Trump administration’s four most profound failures in the pandemic 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z He promoted quack remedies and predicted that the virus would magically disappear. Opinion | Let’s hope Trump recovers — and that the GOP gets what it deserves 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Trump resisted this approach, instead putting his faith in quack cures that his closest scientific advisers clearly opposed. Rival scientists divided over lockdowns may make a good story – but how accurate is it? | Stephen Buranyi 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Bickley offered them the medication, but they declined, suggesting that it was “quack science.” ‘All in’ for Trump: These White men, the strongest Trump supporters, say they can’t be swayed 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z For pro-choice activists and reproductive health experts, Trump's embrace of a quack in a lab coat is feeling all too familiar. How anti-choice propaganda trained Republicans to accept Trump's coronavirus denialism 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z And he continues to tout what is proven to be a quack treatment for the disease, citing the endorsement of a weirdo doctor who believes in “alien DNA” and “demon sperm.” Opinion | Trump as troll in chief is the lesser evil 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z In desperation, many Bolivians have turned to homemade quack cures such as consuming chlorine dioxide, a toxic disinfectant, to treat the virus. Bolivians driven from pillar to post as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Putin did not degrade the public education system — cutting civics, history and social studies courses from curricula — and did not create an anti-intellectual culture that leaves people susceptible to quack claims and crude lies. Get over your Russia obsession, liberals: Vladimir Putin's not responsible for America's sorry state 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z “Now either they have to have surgical abortions, or if they have crossed that stage they will go to a quack, or continue with an unplanned pregnancy.” 'Women always take the brunt': India sees surge in unsafe abortion 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Salon, Holden noted, called Trump's hope in the new treatment his "most dangerous flim-flam: False hope and quack advice." Hydroxychloroquine helped save coronavirus patients, study shows; Trump campaign hails 'fantastic news' 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z If it swims and quacks like a duck… Illinois Editorial Roundup: 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The queens quack when ready to emerge - but if two are free at the same time, they will fight to the death. A Bee C: Scientists translate honeybee queen duets 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z State laws against the corporate practice of medicine date as far back as the 19th century, as doctors strove to distinguish themselves from quacks and snake oil salesmen. How rich investors, not doctors, profit from marking up ER bills 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Trump’s anti-science cult does not begin with quack remedies for a pandemic, and it does not even begin with him. Trump's hydroxychloroquine habit is the triumph of rightwing quackery | Richard Wolffe 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z "The pronoun police, the nature-cure quacks, certain members of the media; they will suck it up," he said. Kennedy rips House Dems' coronavirus stimulus proposal: 'It's dead as fried chicken in the Senate' 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z He describes “quacks and mountebanks” peddling false cures and the poor people who “even poisoned themselves beforehand for fear of the poison of the infection”. Defoe's Plague Year was written in 1722 but speaks clearly to our time 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z So when one hatches, its quacks turn to toots, telling the workers to keep the others - still quacking - captive. A Bee C: Scientists translate honeybee queen duets 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Trump’s vocal disdain for evidence-based thinking has emboldened an army of quacks, pseudoscience groups and conspiracy theorists who have stepped up their proselytizing online and in protests across the country. Pandemic brings Trump's war on science to the boil – but who will win? 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z If not by quack medicine, then by the conspiracy theories of a president who believes in Trump-enemy science. Trump's hydroxychloroquine habit is the triumph of rightwing quackery | Richard Wolffe 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z They are not hawking quack cures and endorsing deranged conspiracy theories. Trump is handling coronavirus so badly, he almost makes Johnson look good | Jonathan Freedland 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z "He is putting her in a terrible position with a quack idea, and forcing her to talk about heat and light," Brzezinski said. Brzezinski skewers Trump’s management of pandemic: "You’re a moron, you’re an idiot, you’re a joke" 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z He’s a self-help quack who plays one on TV. Opinion | Trump is exhibiting all the symptoms of a hydroxychloroquine overdose 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Especially at a time of grave distress, the lesson is: Demand evidence, seek proof and don’t listen to quacks anywhere. Opinion | The lessons from Trump’s reckless recommendation of hydroxychloroquine 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z The US government is taking legal action against pseudoscience groups peddling a potentially dangerous quack cure for coronavirus: bleach solution. First Thing: a second coronavirus wave could be worse than the first 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z "Dr. Oz is an embarrassment and a disgrace. Go back to peddling miracle diet drugs, you quack." On Hannity's Fox News show, Dr. Oz suggests schools reopen because "only" 3% more people may die 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z However, Dr. William Haseltine, a biologist renowned for his work in confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, told Fox News last week that hydroxychloroquine was, in fact, a "quack cure." CIA warned employees not to use unproven drug treatment for coronavirus touted by President Trump 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z It's coming from the medical community, which is appalled that the president of the United States would use his platform to push unproven drugs based on the recommendation of TV quacks and his own "feelings." Bill Barr is back: He wants to "reopen" the country — and undo the Russia probe 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Salon, he noted, called Trump's hope in the new treatment his "most dangerous flim-flam: False hope and quack advice." After mocking Trump for promoting hydroxychloroquine, journalists acknowledge it might treat coronavirus 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z In 1918, too, people thought alcohol would protect them, and quacks cashed in on people’s desperation by packaging up ineffective and sometimes even toxic concoctions into “elixirs” for which they charged exorbitant prices. Closed borders and ‘black weddings’: what the 1918 flu teaches us about coronavirus 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Or as some of us used to say, “When the ducks quack, feed them.” Perspective | In the long run, coronavirus will have about as much effect on the stock market as Punxsutawney Phil does on spring 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z But Aflac’s CEO was uncertain when he saw an early version of the idea: two guys sitting on a park bench chatting as a duck quacked Aflac’s name. How a duck turned Aflac into a household name 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z At an event in Oxford on Thursday, NHS chief Simon Stevens slammed Paltrow’s brand for giving prominence to “quacks, charlatans and cranks” in promoting untested treatments like vampire facials and unusually scented candles. UK’s health chief slams Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z After we released a bombshell report detailing how Youtube’s algorithm is promoting climate denial and quack science, members of the US Congress are demanding action! ‘Totalitarian’: House climate chair slammed for urging Google to squelch ‘climate misinformation’ 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z By God-given nature, according to the quack, slaves ought to be submissive; to want freedom is not just an aberration but a disease. Review: How artist Christopher Myers stitched messages of freedom from everyday fabrics 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z During outbreaks of disease, Beijing’s leaders have legitimate reason to be on alert for quack remedies and scaremongering fabrications, which can cause panic and do damage. As Virus Spreads, Anger Floods Chinese Social Media 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Movie star Ben Affleck talked about fans quacking his last name. How a duck turned Aflac into a household name 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck and swims like a duck, you sort of assume it is a duck,” a Labour lawmaker told duchy officials during a 2013 hearing. Harry and Meghan’s Big Funding Source Is Private. Sort of. 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z They filled the air with stemwinders, spellbinders, conspiracy theorists and purveyors of quack remedies. Opinion | Don Imus, the man who was always willing to go too far 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Again, like it or dislike it, such a measure would generate huge controversy if all the partisan ducks weren’t all quacking impeachment all day. Impeachment circus a useful distraction 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z It doesn’t matter if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck. Opinion | The GOP: If it looks, swims and quacks like a duck, it’s an avocado 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z And if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it usually is a duck. Wada acts on Russian doping but has it gone far enough? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “Use of the word bureaucrat is the same thing as calling a doctor a quack or a lawyer an ambulance chaser.” Perspective | Democrats call them public servants. Republicans say they’re ‘unelected bureaucrats.’ 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z However, the court did order a sound test to establish whether the quacking from the flock is “abnormal”. Ducks in a row: French farmer wins dispute over quacking 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Ryan called the defendant “an incompetent quack” who fled as the victim lay dying. New Yorker gets jail for silicone death of Maryland woman 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Trumpism is poison being administered by a quack doctor who claims it is medicine. Trump's latest ludicrous con: Can the Impeachment Defense force save their hero? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Pharmacist and broadcaster Olivier Bernard, who has campaigned against quack medicine in Canada, won early career stage award. Daily briefing: Plastic outnumbers baby fish seven to one in marine nursery 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z “In rural areas, most people are treated by quack doctors. As if that was not enough, even doctors often administer expired medicine. Doctors are hardly ever made accountable for these practices in the legal system.” An H.I.V. Outbreak Puts Spotlight on Pakistan’s Health Care System 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The ducks on a smallholding in south-west France will live to quack another day. Ducks in a row: French farmer wins dispute over quacking 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z “We’re saying it looks like a duck and it quacks, and it’s a duck.” What Causes a Mysterious Paralysis in Children? Researchers Find Viral Clues 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z I was sent to a quack doctor who make me wear a wooden contraption on my head every evening. MP with dyslexia hits back at 'spelling police' 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Imran Akbar, the doctor who first brought attention to the outbreak, told The Times: “Unless these quack doctors, barbers and dentists are not checked, the number of incidents of HIV infection will continue going up.” Hundreds of Pakistani children test positive for HIV after rogue doctor reused syringes, report says 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Roosters crow, parrots sing and ducks quack non-stop in their cages. Samba, Amazon fruits and fish at Brazil’s Ver-O-Peso market 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z “When it swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s hard to prove your intentions aren’t fowl,” Paul Ashworth, chief economist at Capital Economics, wrote in research note. Fed Unveils Plan to Expand Balance Sheet but Insists It’s Not Q.E. 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z “When it swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s hard to prove your intentions aren’t fowl,” wrote Paul Ashworth, chief United States economist with Capital Economics. Stocks Rally on Hopes for a Breakthrough in Trade Talks 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z A small-town lawman and the FBI witness that he has in custody grapple with crooked federal agents, quack doctors and Chicago high-society. Movies on TV for Oct. 6-12: 'Throne of Blood' and more 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Some were forced to drink bleach — a quack treatment the Food and Drug Administration warned against last month. Autistic Self Advocacy Network breaks with Sesame Street over Autism Speaks ties 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Indeed, Johnson, Dominic Cummings and all the other quacks who fill our government said the precise opposite. We have become a land of permanent crisis. This suits the blustering liars of Brexit | Nick Cohen 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…. When it comes to impeachment, it may just mean what Democrats 'choose it to mean' 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert started by saying: “Well I say, if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it probably just told the geese to go back to Canada.” Seth Meyers to Trump: 'If their country is crime-infested then that's on you' 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z To explain the paucity of evidence for their claims, purveyors of quack remedies accuse the medical and scientific community of suppressing cures for cancer. How to survive the fake news about cancer 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z She reports on how teachers are exasperated by her talkativeness, setting her a series of punishment essays titled A Chatterbox, then An Incorrigible Chatterbox, and finally Quack, quack, quack, said Mistress Chatterback. Anne Frank: the real story of the girl behind the diary 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z In Pakistan, especially in rural areas, people often go to "quacks" instead of qualified doctors because they are cheaper, easily available, and have more time to give to their patients. HIV outbreak hits hundreds of children in Pakistan 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z “If it looks like an appropriation, if it swims like an appropriation, if it quacks like an appropriation, it’s an appropriation. There’s just no way of getting around it,” Mr. Letter said. Trump admin. defends border emergency in court showdown 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z At the speak-out, these experts told stories about times when a legal abortion wasn’t possible, when they put their lives in the hands of quacks as a result. Opinion | The First Time Women Shouted Their Abortions 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Her slim, eclectic volume relates how California was a beacon for all manner of health-conscious reformers, iconoclasts, and quacks, long before the days of the hippies. How California became a health haven for proto-hippies, 'Sun Seekers' and modernists 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “Why? A physician might be considered a ‘quack’ just for mentioning phage therapy.” Daily briefing: Why science needs philosophy 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z At what point can he imagine the duck quacking? For this waterfowl artisan, carving duck decoys is old hat 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z He was bundled, paggered on white grape, into an executive box, requiring a once-over by the quack. The Fiver Christmas Awards 2018 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z If it looks, walks and quacks like a duck, he said, “it is a duck.” Opinion | George H.W. Bush was the last of his kind — a Republican who didn’t believe in ‘voodoo economics’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Some of those who come out to their families are forced to take medication, shock therapy or fake cures peddled by quack doctors and ascetics. As India awaits a historic gay rights ruling, a city holds its first pride march 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Can India's "quack" doctors be trained in 100 hours? In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z It appears as if the Bruins are well on their way to quacking the same code of success. UCLA football: What to expect when the Bruins open camp Friday 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “Join in on the fun as you quack along with the captain and dance to the music,” the site says. Duck-boat investigators describe video of run-up to deadly storm and sinking 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z “People thought I was an insurance company. I would get quacked at because people would think it would be funny to call me Aflac,” he said. The Districts Are Mostly White. The Candidates Are Not. 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Mr Asahara, a former seller of quack medicines, ordered his followers to subsist on boiled vegetables while he gorged on prawn tempura and drove a white Rolls-Royce. On the hanging of Shoko Asahara, Japan’s nerve-gas guru 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z This was meant to bolster a physician’s scientific credibility at a time when many practising healers were quacks, charlatans and frauds. Making medical clothing that kills bugs 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The park was so quiet, ducks quacking overhead stood out. Disney workers find peace with yoga at Cinderella Castle 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z I have a feeling of righteousness about how quacks give non-evidential health beliefs and exploit the sufferers. Tim Minchin: ‘These days I’m a hypocritical philosophical vegetarian’ 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z The ring tone bringing her back to reality was that of a duck quacking. The one and only Patricia Kopatchinskaja comes to the Ojai Music Festival 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Parallax, was “an accomplished quack” who went by several pseudonyms, including Dr. Samuel Birley. Looking for Life on a Flat Earth 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z This capitalization technique is common in get-rich-quick and quack medicine books desperate to sell readers on the Truth of their claims. Perspective | Trump’s bizarre understanding of Capitalization is surprisingly Strategic 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z In a speech on Monday, the secretary of health and human services dismissed those solutions, which Mr. Trump backed away from when he announced his plan on Friday, as quack remedies. Trump Administration Defends Plan to Lower Prescription Drug Prices 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z “If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck the duck probably has something on your boss so kill it with nerve agent,” he joked. Late-night on Trump firing Tillerson: 'The strange part of this is everything' 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z “If you walk like a duck and quack like a duck, then why are you saying you’re not a duck?” MS-13 is ‘taking over the school,’ one teen warned before she was killed 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, even looks like a duck...but is professed to be a chicken. Complaints About Nursing Home Evictions Rise, and Regulators Take Note 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z I'm no doctor but it certainly sounds like quack medicine. As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z “If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it is a duck.” Cannabis capitalists exploit loopholes by ‘gifting’ the drug 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Kids can pet and snuggle with it, and the duck will cuddle back or cheerfully quack in response. Aflac’s toy robot for kids facing cancer is the smartest toy of all 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The duck can make the soothing sounds of a beach or rainforest and quack tunes. Robot duck’s aim: Helps kids with cancer via power of play 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Many Indians turn instead to traditional remedies such as Ayurveda – treatments prepared according to recipes from ancient Hindu texts – or to “quacks” who present themselves as doctors but lack any medical qualifications. Indian doctors protest against plan to let ‘quacks’ practise medicine 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z When someone starts talking quack medicine there should have been some real pro's checking this duck out. As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Instead of quacking, the duck repeats the word "tax". HMRC goes 'quackers' over tax returns 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z To North Korea, Tillerson and Trump sound like a duck: "Quack, quack quack". Tillerson, in Apparent U-Turn, Says North Korea Must ‘Earn’ Its Way to Talks 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z That’s the takeaway of new research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that describes the origins of touchiness in the common duck’s quacker. Duck bill’s sensitive touch develops in the egg 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Historically, the British police have called on outside experts to help with investigations, but have sometimes ended up listening to quacks. The scientists persuading terrorists to spill their secrets 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z If it quacks like a duck, that’s exactly what it is: a “quack.” Your condo association prohibits pets, but you need a ‘comfort’ animal. What do you do? 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Sometimes if it looks like a sightly so-so set of hurled-together elite teams and quacks like a sightly so-so set of hurled-together elite teams, well, you get the idea. Sacks of cash, sound and light but how about a real Premier League title race? | Barney Ronay 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Shelves bow under the weight of elephant tusks, leopard cubs in shocked repose, crocodile skin boots and quack medicines made from mushed up parts of turtles and bears. House of horrors: inside the US wildlife repository – photo essay 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Medical information passed more freely and quickly, diminishing the sway of quacks. Sorry, but the smartphone is no Gutenberg press 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z A quack is not that noise, except possibly to ducks. If it quacks like a duck … will a car horn be less annoying? 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z But what the quack is it doing here? Here’s the deal with that giant rubber ducky in Tacoma 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z To me, this looks, walks and quacks like a pattern. Opinion | Trump finds himself exactly where he doesn’t want to be 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z His cell phone goes quack, quack, quack when it rings. Inside the Multimillion-Dollar World of Eel Trafficking Doctors from the Sorbonne arrive, as does a quack peddling an elixir of animal fluids. Jean-Pierre Léaud is the mesmerizing centerpiece of 'The Death of Louis XIV' 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Ontario's Progressive Conservative leaders slammed the duck as a waste of taxpayers' dollars during question period on Monday, opining that government funding for the six-storey inflatable sculpture was "an absolute cluster duck" and "quack economics". Canada 150: How a giant duck became a symbol of government excess - BBC News 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z He says the mother duck was quacking hysterically and throwing a fit. Officials: 6 Ducklings rescued from covered drain in Bear 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z “Duck Dynasty” quacks its last as the long-running reality show presents its series finale. TV This Week, March 26-April 1: 'Bones,' Harlots' and more 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Hitler’s doctor gave the Führer daily injections of oxycodone, hormone preparations, a collection of pills and serums, and quack remedies made from pigs’ liver. Opinion | How the Nazis rode into battle high on crystal meth 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z “Gimme a break,” she responds, deciding that children “were the best kinds of quacks, if that’s what you wanted — pretenders who didn’t know they were pretending at all.” ‘History of Wolves’: deep secrets in the Minnesota woods 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Brady has been mocked, and Guerrero has been called a quack and a fraud, because of a dicey past in which he made extravagant claims about unproven products. Tom Brady rejected NFL’s medical culture. At almost 40, he’s never played better. 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z In some cases, “witches” are selected by travelling tantric healers or quacks, who make a living from selling cures and conducting purification ceremonies. Doctors are scarce on India’s river island – so the witch-hunters are back 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z As they say on Wall Street: When the ducks quack, feed them. Coming clean on 2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Sure, he had a following, but his followers were “impressionable voters” duped by “radical doctrines and quack remedies,” claimed the Washington Post. Normalizing fascists: What history can tell us about leaders making the movement 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Sure, he had a following, but his followers were “impressionable voters” duped by “radical doctrines and quack remedies”, claimed the Washington Post. The press has fallen for fascists before | John Broich 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z His argument echoes the old saying, “If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.” Hillary Clinton Knew About Donald Duck But Never Broke Law, Campaign Says 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z One in 100 people develops some degree of autism, but there is no drug treatment and families often desperately turn to quack therapies. 'Super-parenting' improves children's autism - BBC News 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.” APNewsBreak: Lawmaker eyes way around casino expansion loss 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Your experience in a green room full of quack nostrums completely confirms what I've always suspected.It's a duck. What’s Missing in Dr. Oz’s TV Exam Room 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Unqualified medics, popularly known as quacks, are routinely arrested in India for posing as doctors. Can training 'fake doctors' improve India's healthcare? - BBC News 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I assume it's a duck. Whoopi Goldberg Wants to Make You Feel Better 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z After a few test runs, tourists were back to quacking in Lake Union. Tragedy on the Aurora Bridge: Ride the Ducks crash was one year ago 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, must be a duck- all quackery. Surprisingly Little Evidence for the Accepted Wisdom About Teeth 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Before prescribing any medication my family quack asked me to try a lower salt regime. Simple Rules for Healthy Eating 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z “It walks like a duck, quacks like a duck,” Mr. Johnson said. Gary Johnson, Libertarian Nominee, Denounces Donald Trump as Authoritarian 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z If it walks like a duck, if it has feathers and quacks, its a Duck!! Foundation Ties Bedevil Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z "It walks like a duck, quacks like a duck," Johnson said. Presidential Spoiler Alert 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Oregon at USC, Nov. 5: The Ducks must get quacking on defense against the Trojans’ bevy of playmakers to win a third consecutive game at the Coliseum. Pac-12 must meet challenges big, and small, to get a team back to the College Football Playoff 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z “If it quacks like a duck, it’s a duck,” Mr. Sasse said. U.S. Acknowledges Cash Payment to Iran Was ‘Leverage’ in Prisoner Release 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The new documentary Nuts! charts Brinkley’s rise and fall, including the American Medical Association’s dogged efforts to expose him as a quack and a climactic 1939 libel trial that proved to be his downfall. The Bizarre History of a Bogus Doctor Who Prescribed Goat Gonads 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Videos taken from the scene show workers scaling down a ladder to reach quacking ducklings. 10 ducklings were rescued on a busy Glendale freeway — and it was live-tweeted 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z But although he may not quack like a duck, he looked awfully lame last week. Donald and the Duck 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z He quacks, rather than squeaks like the traditional ducky, thanks to internal electronics. Iconic rubber duck goes digital, but does it need to? 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z There was no licensing of doctors, so quacks were common. What Was the Greatest Era for American Innovation? A Brief Guided Tour 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z That’s because Brinkley wasn’t a real doctor but a quack and a con artist who, for a period in the 1920s and ’30s, created a nationwide craze for a bogus impotence cure. The Bizarre History of a Bogus Doctor Who Prescribed Goat Gonads 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The C.D.C., the Brazilian government, and scores of scientists around the world dismissed both as quack theories. A Stronger Link Between Zika and Birth Defects 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Its inventor, a Polish man named Gavriil Ilizarov, once dismissed as a quack, became known as the “magician from Kurgan”, after he performed orthopaedic operations on people including an Olympic high jump champion. 'I have to be taller': the unregulated world of India's limb-lengthening industry 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z But in North Korea, master of the Potemkin everything, what looks like a duck and quacks like a duck can sometimes turn out to be a chicken. At a North Korea farm, is there more than meets the eye -- or less? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z That was when Ms Rabha stopped visiting quacks because she felt they were "frauds". The Indian woman who hunts the witch hunters - BBC News 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z But it’s also true that his “cure” did not work, and the AMA has an interest in protecting the American public from quacks, which he is. The Bizarre History of a Bogus Doctor Who Prescribed Goat Gonads 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z NOTES: The team handed out duck calls to the crowd on Fan Appreciation Night, but the collective buzz sounded much more like bees than quacks. Wheeler gets winner as Jets rally to stun Ducks in OT, 2-1 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z For this “Victorian plague”, as the historian Amanda J Thomas characterises it, there was no known cure – whatever quacks claimed – and the wealthy were not immune. Story of cities #14: London's Great Stink heralds a wonder of the industrial world 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and looks like a duck but you think it’s a pig, it’s a pig. Gloria Steinem: ‘Do what you love so much you forget what time it is’ 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Lame duck doesn’t mean dead duck — and this president’s still quacking. By seeking to thwart the Constitution, Republicans are playing with fire 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z But wherever there are doctors there are quacks. What Is Autism? 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z That I was a quack, that I did not adhere to scientific method. Concussion Expert: Over 90% of NFL Players Have Brain Disease 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Wakefield remains a polarizing figure, a hero to some and a dangerous quack to others. What the hell’s wrong with us? Autism, vaccines and why some people believe Jenny McCarthy over every doctor 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z In order to combat the quacking ranks of the “lucky duckies,” the Journal urged Republicans to oppose any further tax cuts for low-income Americans. The GOP is the reverse Robin Hood party: Inside their long war against the “lucky ducky” poor 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z In those days, poor women tried a range of quack medicines and dangerous methods to end pregnancies, including the use of knitting needles. Now Louie Gohmert and Fox News will mansplain Planned Parenthood: The new lie right-wing men can’t stop pushing 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The quacking squabbles from the pond below do not yet spoil his serenity. The triumphant flight of the lame duck - BBC News 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The tours here are complete with exuberant drivers who play loud music and quack through speakers. Seattle tragedy stokes safety concerns about military-style duck boats 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z The group’s paranoia about the term “anti-aging” captured both the audacity of the proposed trial and the cultural challenge of venturing into medical territory historically associated with charlatans and quacks. Feature: The man who wants to beat back aging 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z In April, a group of 10 doctors urged that he be removed from Columbia University’s medical faculty, accusing him of promoting “quack treatments.” Television Dr. Mehmet Oz returning with ‘heal thyself’ goal 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z In April, a group of 10 doctors urged that he be removed from Columbia University's medical faculty, accusing him of promoting "quack treatments." Listening tour helps Dr. Mehmet Oz recalibrate his show for new television season 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z In effect, they said that if it walks like duck and it quacks like a duck, then it's a duck. Taking Responsibility? I'm Lovin' It 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z For what it's worth, I would have picked defending champion Oregon, but everyone knows I snort kale, wear Birkenstocks and quack when squeezed. USC is media's default choice to win Pac-12, but are Trojans good enough? 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Most of the media coverage of cancer screening relies on anecdotal evidence of exactly the kind we’re supposed to avoid when it’s used to promote homeopathy and other forms of quack medicine. Is Our Attitude Toward Cancer Screening Based On Faith Or Science? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z His hiring follows a recent accusation of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the program’s host, by a group of fellow doctors that his show promotes “quack treatments.” ‘Dr. Oz Show’ creates new position to oversee research unit 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z His hiring follows a recent accusation of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the program's host, by a group of fellow doctors that his show promotes "quack treatments." 'Dr. Oz Show' creates new position to oversee research unit 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z It might look like a duck and quack like a duck. The ridiculous non-candidate charade 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Almost as soon as I took over, there was a procession of MPs, cabinet ministers, lobbyists, cult-busters, quack doctors, corporations, police officers, banks and rich playboys queuing up to injunct or sue us. ‘Farewell, readers’: Alan Rusbridger on leaving the Guardian after two decades at the helm 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Estevez, who played the youth hockey coach Gordon Bombay in the The Mighty Ducks, let loose a few cheers and quacks as the game progressed Monday evening. Emilio Estevez Live-Tweeted the Ducks Win Like Gordon Bombay 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably a duck.” Meredith Vieira to Grads: Be the Left Shark 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Despite his undoubted dental proficiency, his maverick showmanship saw him endlessly dismissed as a quack and a charlatan. Painless Parker: Part dentist, part showman, all American - BBC News 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z And Moch and Caplan argue that a process that bypasses the FDA opens the door to allowing quacks, charlatans and others to exploit the severely ill with costly and ineffective interventions. How companies decide whether to give experimental drugs to dying patients 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Call it the shock doctrine, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…well, you get the picture. As Petrobras Cuts Back, Brazil Turns To U.S. For Atlantic Drilling Help 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The physician was accused by a group of 10 fellow doctors of promoting “quack treatments” on the daytime TV program. Dr. Oz’s ‘A Daily Dose’ switches radio distributors 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z For years the public had read quack weather prognostications in almanacs, but this was the first time that predictions had been sanctioned by government. The birth of the weather forecast - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The attack hit Oz at his most sensitive spot: Whether he’s credible, or just a quack. Dr. Oz's Critics Tried To Kill His Show. They Only Made Him Stronger. 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Last week, 10 doctors sent an email to the university contending that Dr. Oz promoted “quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain.” Dr. Mehmet Oz Responds to Critics on His Television Show 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The group suggested last week that Dr. Oz promotes “quack treatments” of weight loss supplements when there is no proof that they work. Latest News: Europe’s Migrant Response, Cyberwarfare, Shakespeare’s Birthday 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The group suggested last week that Oz promotes “quack treatments” of weight loss supplements with no scientific proof that they work. Dr. Oz: We will not be silenced 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The group suggested last week that Oz promotes "quack treatments" of weight loss supplements with no scientific proof that they work. Dr. Oz: We will not be silenced 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z SEE ALSO: Dr. Oz faces calls for dismissal from Columbia surgery faculty over ‘quack treatments’ Dr. Oz: I ‘will not be silenced’ 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z A rebuttal against allegations that he promotes "quack treatments" is scheduled to be aired on Dr. Mehmet Oz's TV show Thursday. Health Highlights: April 21, 2015 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z In the statement released Friday, Oz was defending himself against 10 doctors who accuse him of promoting "quack treatments" on his show and want him removed from Columbia University's faculty, the Associated Press reported. Health Highlights: April 20, 2015 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z “He’s a quack and a fake and a charlatan,” said Dr. Henry Miller of Stanford, the first person to sign the one-page letter, the New York Daily News reported. Dr. Oz faces calls for dismissal from Columbia surgery faculty over ‘quack treatments’ 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z They accuse him of an “egregious lack of integrity” for promoting what they call “quack treatments.” Latest News: Immigration Fight, California Drought, ‘The King and I’ 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Ten top physicians last week penned a letter to a Columbia University dean demanding Dr. Oz be dismissed from his faculty position for what they called “quack treatments and cures.” Dr. Oz: I ‘will not be silenced’ 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Costa Mesa firefighters made quack work of a rescue Saturday night when they responded to a call about a family of trapped ducklings. Costa Mesa firefighters rescue ducklings from storm drain 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z This problem is exactly why doctors and lawyers had to professionalize: to keep the dangerous quacks and shady dealers and unqualified-but-connected charlatans out. What Will A Programmer Job Be Like In 20-30 Years? 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z “This is quack medicine,” she added, “yet we put it into law and the governor signed it.” Arizona Doctors Must Say That Abortions With Drugs May Be Reversed 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z "This is junk science, this is quack medicine," said Senate Minority Leader Katie Hobbs, a Phoenix Democrat. Arizona lawmakers approve abortion bill, send to governor 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z "Then they 'quack, quack' when the guy in front gets tired and he moves to the back." U.S. Ryder changes a 'shrewd' move, says Europe's McGinley 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z And throwing a newt’s eye of quack science into the vat, the Kentucky Republican promotes the myth that these shots put children at risk. What makes Rand Paul strange 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Harris-Perry then asked Mr. Holder: “Would you quack for us?” Eric Holder asked by MSNBC host: ‘Would you quack for us?’ 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z To detractors, it’s evidence he’s a doddering quack. Chuck Grassley's Gavel Year 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z And what if they continue to denounce the movement as a bunch of hateful quacks? Meet the German Activist Leading the Movement Against 'Islamization' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The principle at work here is captured in an old brokers’ slogan: “If the ducks quack, feed ‘em.” Reaching For Yield 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z We’re hearing that a number of them, perhaps almost all, will get through before the lame duck utters its last quack. The third time around the declassified track, some things are still secret It seems a largely thankless job, with Hendren at worst standing accused of dabbling in quack medicine. Did a Son's Autism Drive a Woman to Murder? This looks, smells, and quacks like a conflict of interest, even though he hasn't played for the Flyers since 2011 because of an eye injury and concussion-related problems. Chris Pronger's new job with NHL has appearance of conflict 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z In 2007 non-NHS therapists resisted a proposed regulatory body, claiming it would squash creativity—a mistake in a profession so easily infiltrated by quacks. Expanding the shrinks 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z There is debate about whether the ECB’s actions amount to QE or not, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. Why Fall May Bring Fresh Highs for Stocks and Higher Bond Prices 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z But the old adage rings as true in Harrisburg today as ever: if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. Obama's Red Ink On "Healthy PA" Will Leave Taxpayers In The Red, Feeling Blue 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z “If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck,” said Phil Singer, a former Clinton campaign aide. Democrats Wary of Benghazi Inquiry Stretching Into ’16 Election Season 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z For example, here is a picture of Dr. Mann standing in front of a podium that proclaims to fight “the fakers” and to put “quacks, scams, and shams on the ropes.” Hopefully Dr. Michael E. Mann Doesn't Sue Me For This Column 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z A more systematic understanding of what worked should should mean the end of any "faddish adherence to quack theories", he added. Shanghai 'copied Ofsted inspection' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z A duck that quacks the word, “Aflac,” has become the company’s famous — and humorous — symbol. Paul S. Amos, a Co-Founder of Aflac, Dies at 88 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The two sides disagreed on whether or not, “if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck.” Broadcasters Triumph Over Aereo; Program Fees To Skyrocket 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Finally, one guy said, ‘You sound like a duck quacking.’ SageVoice: Little Things Make A Big Difference: Why You Should Sweat The Small Stuff 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z In theory, a large number of ducks all running and quacking in unison is cute, right? This Is What a Duck Stampede Looks Like [WATCH] 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Flying over baseball fields isn’t all it’s quacked up to be. ‘Pay to potty,' and other stuff you might have missed this week 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z “It’s very, very easy to make a quack therapy; to put together a bunch of biological links to convince someone that something’s true,” Heywood said. My No-Soap, No-Shampoo, Bacteria-Rich Hygiene Experiment 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Scientists solve mystery of Southern Ocean ‘quacking’ sound: it’s underwater chatter of the Antarctic minke whale. Physics Week in Review: April 26, 2014 2014-04-26T09:14:42Z The mysterious quacking heard in the Southern Ocean between winter and spring is the underwater chatter of Antarctic minke whales. 10 things we didn't know last week 2014-04-25T16:40:34Z But perhaps the bigger lesson: if it quacks like a duck...maybe it’s a whale. Why A Bio-Duck? 2014-04-25T13:47:00Z Laura Sheridan and the residents of a suburban street in Nottingham were kept awake at night by the noise of clucking, crowing and quacking for around six years. Property nightmares 2014-04-24T16:26:02Z "It has been arranged for me to interview him soon," he told a newspaper.It's quacks. Quiz of the week's news 2014-04-25T00:15:41Z Most of them are small clinics staffed by retired health workers or quacks. What Money Failed To Buy: The Limits Of China's Healthcare Reform 2014-03-04T20:18:00Z And while it walks like a capital asset and quacks like a capital asset, officially deeming it to be a capital asset will likely create confusion for taxpayers who are treating Bitcoin like cash. Will Overstock Force IRS To Make Up Its Mind About Bitcoin? 2014-01-14T04:28:00Z “We were called quacks and shot doctors. The reason was the science wasn’t there.” Treating Allergies With Pills or Drops Instead of Shots 2013-12-06T00:24:56Z It sounds like something a quack would support, but it’s true. Treating Disease Without Medicine 2013-10-16T11:05:29Z It is the sweet sound of modest reform, a noise as rare as the quack of the Scaly Sided Merganser. The Haggler: A Right Way to Be Wrong 2013-08-24T19:13:01Z "For most of the last century leeches became associated with quack medicine, which is really unfair, as they're fascinating little things," said Mr Peters-Bond. Firm sparks leech farming comeback 2013-08-13T06:31:15Z Nick Smith MP said that if it looked like a duck, quacked like a duck and swam like a duck it must be, well, a corporation and so ought to pay. Prince Charles's secretary tries to get Duchy tax ducks in a row 2013-07-15T17:32:54Z The real case against these programs is practical: reliance on big data constitutes an illusory technological cure-all peddled by national security quacks. Snowden and the Challenge of Intelligence: The Practical Case against the NSA's Big Data 2013-07-11T12:00:00Z They are quacking, and the competition is quaking.” A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc, the Duck Whisperer 2013-06-20T09:50:07Z So anyone was free to start quacking like a duck when we got stuck. Corner Office: Helene Gayle of CARE, on Managers as Dual Citizens 2013-06-22T16:33:56Z There is much truth in that, at least if you exclude the more ruthless sort of quacks. If a medical cure looks too good to be true, it probably is 2013-06-01T23:03:04Z "That I survived at all is a miracle – that's what the quacks tell me – but here I am." The nine lives of Felix Dennis: "I've lived an unbelievable life, even if I did do my best to kill myself" 2013-06-01T23:04:05Z Critics have taken Oprah to task for years for her energetic shilling on behalf of peddlers of quack medicine. Viewpoint: Oprah as Harvard’s Commencement Speaker Another Assault on Science 2013-05-31T09:00:42Z I recall ducks quacking, a fish jumping in a pond and a stunning view of a mountain ridge. On Par: To Lure New Golfers, a Push for a Shorter Round 2013-05-05T21:37:02Z In a sense, the S.E.C. seems to be applying the theory of “if it quacks like a duck” then it must be insider trading. White Collar Watch: Deductive Reasoning Can Be a Dangerous Thing 2013-04-22T16:42:30Z If you have cancer, the quacks will close in on you like vultures, eager to sell you false hope at a high price. If a medical cure looks too good to be true, it probably is 2013-06-01T23:03:04Z "Putting matters colloquially, it cannot be right for a trial judge to allow an obvious 'quack' doctor to speak to a subject in a supposed expert way in relation to which he has no qualifications." Child death mum cleared of charges 2013-04-18T14:51:42Z If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Petrol prices: all pumped up 2013-01-30T22:13:49Z Red lights, flashing screens, gangsta rap ringtones, quacking ducks, etc. are all fun and helpful, when appropriate. 10 Critical Rules of Smartphone Etiquette 2013-01-11T16:00:05Z Sure, Oregon might have beaten the Irish, but the Ducks lost their chance to quack about anything when they lost to Stanford. Alabama wins BCS title: Once again, SEC proves it’s second to none 2013-01-08T20:31:54Z If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is one. Inside Forbes: Journalists Need to Understand the Ad Business, Not Sulk and Go Home 2012-11-13T12:37:34Z "Chelation has been practiced by physicians on the extreme fringes of medicine" and many involved in this study offer "a variety of other quack therapies," Nissen said. Doctors debate value of 'fringe' heart treatment 2012-11-05T03:01:06Z Poor parenting, meddling from politicians, lack of funds, quack theories, social breakdown, etc. Teacher training tests toughened 2012-10-26T10:46:22Z The thing is, though, a record number of individual investors whom Obama could appeal to—whoever, wherever they now are—don’t seem to give a quack. Obama Fights His Own Bull Market 2012-10-12T10:00:54Z Losing is not a disease, as the quack doctor told the struggling New York Knights in “The Natural,” but it may be contagious. On Baseball: Chris Davis’s Home Run Keeps the Orioles’ Hopes Alive 2012-10-03T04:40:20Z The deflating follow-ups, by contrast, languished in more obscure publications, which hard-pressed hacks and quacks alike are less likely to read. Reporting science: Journalistic deficit disorder 2012-09-20T15:00:32Z While the manufacturers were quacking, politicians were climbing the bandwagon. From the archive, 27 August 1970: US women find some advertising offensive, insulting and degrading 2012-08-27T06:30:00Z To avoid becoming a gift to hypochondriacs and quacks, this data will need curating by healthcare professionals. Dear digital diary – lifelogging in the internet age 2012-08-12T19:00:07Z If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, then it's a duck - right? Bits Blog: Is Twitter a Media or Technology Company? 2012-07-25T14:02:19Z But then five minutes later, once again - the same quacking. City Room: Metropolitan Diary: Quacking in the Quiet Car 2012-07-13T13:18:24Z If it looks like a duck, well, quack. Appearance Fees Are Golf's Dirty Little Secret 2012-07-10T04:00:00Z It is very much a smoking duck that walks and quacks like the Higgs. "It's a boson:" Higgs quest bears new particle 2012-07-04T21:34:28Z Says Reynolds, who works with clients that invest in the notes: “It looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and swims like a duck.” U.S. Blue Chips Want You to Buy Their Debt 2012-06-07T21:47:03Z The rise of doctors’ associations and medical schools helped separate doctors from quacks. The future of medicine: Squeezing out the doctor 2012-05-31T15:05:28Z He didn't answer it, in deference to the "no talking" rule, but the quacking was so loud and annoying, it seemed even worse than conversation. City Room: Metropolitan Diary: Quacking in the Quiet Car 2012-07-13T13:18:24Z I emphasize competent because there are so many quacks in this field that one undergoing treatment can not be too careful in assuring himself of the competency of the physician. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z Love-philtres were also regarded from a medicinal point of view, and the strange doings of quack accoucheurs are not less absurdly terrible. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z His adherence to the three-bottle habit helped to make the fortunes of several quacks in our own day, who advertise infallible cures for the neuritis he and his kind have bequeathed to their descendants. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Fortunately for the quack, the country abounds in just such gatherings. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Accordingly she set herself up amongst the many quack doctors of Mosul. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z For 'tis quack, quack, quack! and 'tis drum, drum, drum! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:28.173Z Nearly twenty years later, the famous quack, Katerfelto, travelled through Durham in a carriage, with a pair of horses, and attended by two negro servants in green liveries, with red collars. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z An interesting circumstance in relation to this house is that some seven years later another portion of it was occupied by the quack Dr. Graham, who installed there his Temple of Health. Gainsborough 2012-04-11T02:00:34.933Z The quack’s eyes gleam with delight as he realizes that his little financial scheme has succeeded so well. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The quack physician is amusing, and probably confines himself to fairly harmless compounds; but the Persian surgeon is a man to be avoided at all costs. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z For to the conscious humbug honest wrath should give no quarter; And if Punch's ready b�ton lays its thwacks on any backs With special zest, it is on those of charlatans and quacks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:28.173Z A female quack, named Joanna Stephens, was reported to have effected some most extraordinary cures by the use of a medicine of which she only possessed the secret. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z Miss Penny explained, "of Ironic Fate and the quacking of the Norns and all that." Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z The next person that I shall attempt to describe is the “quack” or strolling doctor. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z There was no lack of physicians in the city, but excluding two or three Turkish army doctors, and one or two others with Constantinople diplomas, the rest were quacks of the most pronounced type. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z We are quacked into distraction by unchastened power of Jaw, Assisted by Advertisement and unrestrained by Law. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:28.173Z Among savages, sorcerers, and magicians, are the medicine men; these are still represented, in civilisation, by impostors and quacks. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z You can write pages about Destiny and its ironic quacking. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z A singular paralysis, caused by quack medicines, had deprived him of the use of his limbs, his hands and mouth only being left free. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In Yezd, as in other Persian cities, there are many quacks, who not unnaturally resent the presence of a European doctor. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z He may quack the donkeys dead, Their coin out of their purses and their eyes out of their head, Their brains into sheer softening, their bodies to the grave, But he flourishes unpunished. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:28.173Z To-day, we fear, he would be largely regarded as little better than a charlatan and a quack. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z And now you see the Geschlechtsleben working yeastily and obscurely, and once again the quacking of the Norns is audible. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z A quack shampooing a victim is another of their subjects. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z With this knowledge, plus a few Persian medical books and an appropriate turban, the native quack sets up as a doctor. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z He had a medical degree from Edinburgh, and he now practised as a quack doctor, making considerable sums by the preparation of vegetable medicines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Forrester complains of the quacks who put letters on poles and on church doors, promising to help the people in their need. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z Or he may have been one of the many quacks who hung on the fringes of courts and made capital out of the superstitious folly of the rich. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The charge of vanity is the last resource of little wits and mercenary quacks, the vainest men alive, against men 264 and measures, that they can find no other objection to. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z The quacking of ducks, the neighing of horses, the singsong of rustic voices filled the streets. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z All sorts of quack remedies have been praised and boomed as infallible, but many are exceedingly drastic, and some positively dangerous. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z The mountebanking quack flourished in great state in the first half of the last century. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z And, in this time of need, she fell in with a beauty-culture quack, Graham by name. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Reaching my destination generally before daylight, I had ample time to make all preparations, amidst the quacking of ducks and the constant rushing sound of innumerable wings. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z And there was a conjurer with a gaping crowd, a quack extracting teeth, a ballad singer. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Some called the Doctor a mere visionary practitioner, or a mere veterinary surgeon, or a quack, or anything else. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z But a truce to stories suggested by the queer nostrums of quacks. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z Only yesterday that ugly word "degeneracy," thanks to quack critics and charlatan "psychiatrists," figured as a means of estimating genius. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z They are like a quack, who would fain have us believe we are ill, in order to sell us his pills. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z And while it impaled bores and charlatans in literature, and scourged quacks and villains in the State, it was no less a terror to hypocrites and oppressors in the Church. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Is there any possibility of ascertaining, at the present day, to which of the countless dupes of that "quack of quacks" we are indebted for this hyperbolical effusion? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 106, November 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-11T03:00:15.507Z To Lucian the man was a quack, an advertiser, a mountebank, who burnt himself to death merely to attract notice. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Thus in Hudibras: Believe mechanic Virtuosi Can raise them mountains in Potosi, Seek out for plants with signatures To quack of universal cures. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The accompaniments of his procedure were in many respects those of the quack-doctor; and with the quack indeed he was often classed. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z To those who think that a land overrun with sanguinary quacks can be healed by sprinkling it with rose-water, these letters must be very horrible. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z If you find a physician opposed to the use of antitoxin this simply means that he is a quack. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z The man was a quack of the vulgarest type, and, yet by means of a tame snake and some other simple contrivances, he imposed himself upon the faith of a community. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The traffic of hope and fear has ever been a lucrative trade; and while fear became the staple commodity of priestcraft, hope was the fortune of medical quacks. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, by golly, it’s probably a duck. After Earmark Debate, House Votes to Replace Stillwater Bridge 2012-03-02T01:24:35Z It's the kind of comment that prevents many GPs across Southeast Asia from endorsing jamu lest patients take them for quacks. Jamu: Why Isn't Indonesia's Ancient System of Herbal Healing Better Known? 2012-03-01T03:25:00Z The poor epileptics have been a source of revenue for quacks and charlatans as long as history runs. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Jesus was, he holds, an obvious quack and impostor. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z While the real merits of a physician are so frequently overlooked, we constantly see a blind confidence reposed in a quack. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z They quack and chatter in a variety of tones, and the male has also a clear whistling note in the love-season. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Now, the intense stillness of early morn did not reassure me, nor did the careless quacking of the ducks convince me that the river and shore were untenanted save for them. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z They try all the physicians in turn, then the homoeopaths and osteopaths and similar quacks, and they add patent medicines prescribed by themselves. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z It is only a question of time when the people will demand that the secular papers which go into our homes shall not contain the vile, disgusting and suggestive quack advertisements that are found to-day. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z The origin of the word “quack” is not ascertained. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z May I here mention en passant a harmless old quack remedy—the common practice of smoking out the microbe. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z It is not necessary to go for examples either to fanatics or quacks. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z That was naturally his first fear, and he wagged his head with gloom at some ducks that quacked in a neighbouring puddle as he surveyed the lugubrious possibility. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z If so, is there not enough in it alone to explain the apparent success of quacks? Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Johnson derives it from the verb “to quack, or gabble like a goose.” Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z We will raise the tariff, to the point of prohibition, on all Yankee manufactures, including wooden-nutmegs, wooden clocks, quack nostrums, &c. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z "The moment they said something like that, they'd be labeled as quacks." Immortality: The Next Great Investment Boom? 2012-02-07T13:20:00Z On his return he began to practise as a physician in Philpot Lane, London; but, as he held no diploma, was four times imprisoned and fined as a quack. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z And he knows that this grafter gets his wonderful cures largely as any other quack gets his; the primary effects of his “scientific manipulations” are on the minds of those treated. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Was Franklin to be considered a quack when he announced that with a pointed metal he could command thunder? Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z A boy of fourteen years of age, who had habitual constipation, took, at the advice of a quack native physician, about three or four ounces of the decoction of its root, which produced profuse diarrhœa. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z After that, she had not the strength to drag herself anywhere, not even to see the quack. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z A worthy successor to Simon Forman appeared in Dr. Lambe, or Lamb, who, in the first two Stuart reigns, attained a wide celebrity as an astrologer and a quack doctor. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z For he knows that if the people knew this much all quacks would be speedily put out of business. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Hellebore is to this day an ingredient in many of the fashionable pills vended by successful quacks. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Quack′salver, a quack who deals in salves, ointments, &c.: a quack generally.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Some quack would have used his blundering knife. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Now and then she tossed a handful of corn to her quacking geese or played with a wreath of wild daisies. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z Like Marc Antony, I claim neither wit, wisdom nor eloquence; but as a plain, blunt man I shall “speak right on of the things I do know” about quacks and grafters. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Another quack put up as an advertisement, that he had just arrived in town, after having made the wonderful discovery of the green and red dragon and the female fern-seed. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck," Romney said. Gingrich, Romney go head-to-head at Florida debate 2012-01-24T02:18:54Z If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck.” Romney Previews His Florida Debate Attacks on Rival Gingrich 2012-01-24T00:34:10Z They are plentiful and very tame as they sit dozing away the hours in little parties on the tide edge, or flighting over the water with low musical quacks. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z |
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