contretemps

This little domestic contretemps -is then, I presume, disagreeable to you!"

I cannot pretend to recount all that he told me, but I gleaned from what he said that he was the genius who presided over the contretemps of mankind, and whose business it was to bring about the odd accidents which are continually astonishing the skeptic.

Here indeed was a sorry contretemps. Turan the panthan scratched his head.

buffaloe, is in truth the bison; hence so many contretemps

There had been one contretemps; for a man and his wife had driven up while they were still emptying their revolvers into the silent body.

The son, who took every little contretemps as if it were a tragedy, was listening also.

She had meant to take a stroll herself before breakfast, but saw that the day was still sacred to men, and amused herself by watching their contretemps. In the first place the key of the bathing-shed could not be found.

Tufto had come over to Paris at her own invitation, and besides this contretemps, there were a score of generals now round Becky's chair, and she might take her choice of a dozen bouquets when she went to the play.

Even before the contretemps in his girlfriend's flat the long knives were out to get him.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS WEE THINKER ACROSS: 7 Politic 9 Offal 10 Tatty 11 Nostrum 12 Pal 13 On remand 16 Cassette 17 Cue 19 Diagram 21 Hello 22 Ovine 23 Stoical DOWN: 1 Epitaph 2 Flotilla 3 Stay 4 Consomme 5 Afar 6 Blimp Contretemps 13 Observed 14 Necklace 15 Remould 18 Odeon 20 Akin 21 Hook QUICKIE ACROSS: 1 Crash course 8 Era 9 Cup 11 Between 12 Tiara 13 Owe 14 Rot 15 Fine art 17 Yob 19 Oath 21 Iced 23 Opts 25 Lino 27 Keg 29 Octopus 31 Emu 34 Bra 36 Conga 37 Sub-plot 38 Hod 39 Use 40 Roast turkey DOWN: 1 Crew 2 Rate 3 Sterile 4 Conker 5 Utter 6 Scar 7 Euro 8 Ebony 10 Patch 16 Tot 18 Bin 20 Ask 22 Coo 24 Plumber 8DA followed 25 Leech 26 Corset 28 Grate 30 Chaos 32 Moor 33 Undo 34 Blue 35 Rosy

Boeing's P-8 aircraft has already been acquired by three other NATO nations, the US, UK and Norway but it is a very expensive aircraft and, with respect to Canada there is the matter of the contretemps over Boeing's targeting of Bombardier in a trade dispute that may or may not impact whether Canada buys that aircraft down the road.