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Kedgeree , a vegetable curry, popular with seamen, has, notwithstanding tarry appetites, not the remotest connection with matters nautical; kickback is shown by the OED2e to be a 20th-century coinage, and there is not evidence to suggest it ever had anything to do with maritime affairs; and kite , for which the OED2e includes a 7th-century quotation for the (original) bird sense, found a metaphoric application to sail not much before the middle of the 19th century.
In an editorial titled "Starr Should Not Tarry," the Post Express cautioned the independent counsel not to "lose sight of the broader picture": It said his office was created not only "to assure the unfettered investigation of charges against the highest government officials" but also to ensure "that a prosecutorial judgement be rendered in a timely manner."