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Hoax Balloon Hoax, The news story in 1844, reporting the transatlantic crossing of a balloon with eight passengers. [Am. Lit.: The Balloon Hoax in Poe] missing link turned out to be orangutan. [Br. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 46; Time, October 13, 1978, 82] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Farrell is quite correct and we apologize for allowing ourselves to be hoaxed. He bases this claim on the contention that the phrase "Samoan girls" refers to Fa'apua'a and Fofoa (who supposedly hoaxed Mead). Now, in addition to simply being "wrong," Freeman contends that Mead was caught up in five "fateful" circumstances that included her being hoaxed about Samoan sexual mores, from which he says she falsely portrayed Samoa as a free-love society. |
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