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• n  a clever remark
• n  a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes

• Fifty years on, the name Edsel remains shorthand for hubris and collapse, a mal mot of capitalism, right up there with New Coke, Betamax and Pets.
• Malheureuse-ment, le mot "mal" tait mal choisi.
• He seems to have a gift for the mal mot, telling a menacing group of black separatists, "Hey, ol' Martin Luther King was one heck of a fellah, wasn't he?".

• bon mot
• MOT
• MOT test
• Ministry of Transportation test

News & Articles

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• Halfords: Condition Red - Drivers Warned as Pollen Count Peaks
  Millions of motorists who suffer from hay fever are being warned to take extra care when driving as allergy experts predict weeks of misery ahead.
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Elliot Scientific Boosts Cold Atom Science in the UK: Introducing Laser Products from Vescent ...
  Elliot Scientific is pleased to announce that we are now able to offer laser products from Vescent Photonics to researchers in the UK and Ireland. Vescent Photonics is a technology driven organisation developing and manufacturing novel electro-optic, waveguide, and laser technologies. Key research areas Vescent products are used in are: • Magneto-Optical Traps (MOT) for laser-cooling of ...
  June 11, 2013 - ThomasNet
• DIARY 221: A FAIRY SYLPH WEEKEND
  Tror du att vi kommer leva lyckliga i alla våra dar'?  Även om vi aldrig mer ses. Händerna upp i luften. Pannan mot baren, nu spränger vi taket. Hamnar i himlen, där änglarna gråter. Stan är vaken, allt är förlåtet älskling! Händerna upp i luften. Vi ska bli fulla, livet är meningslöst. Vem bryr sig? Natten är vacker, du är som natten. Och jag är en vinnare igen. - Text & Music by Jocke Berg (of ...
  June 10, 2013 - StyleBistro

Quotes

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• Hilary Benn in Telegraph.co.uk
  Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, said: "The Green Homes Service will cut through the confusion by providing a one-stop shop, including a green MOT for your home and a green home makeover. We need to make this as easy as possible for people to...
• Ricky Hatton in guardian.co.uk
  I'm recharging the batteries with my family and what will happen [in the ring] will happen,said Hatton. "The doctors just wanted to give me a basic MOT, on my heart, liver and lungs. I came through with flying colours - but I need to let...
• Rob Enderle in MacNewsWorld
  Cisco didn't get anything but a bunch of promises from Apple,Enderle explained. "Historically, we know that Apple may promise a lot, but they are not exactly the best about coming through on their promises. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) can speak...