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...question is being asked all over the globe -- almost everywhere that fishermen ply the seas. Many of the most popular fish on the world's seafood menu are becoming harder and harder to catch as their populations collapse under the relentless assault of modern fishing fleets. Haddock, cod and flounder are so scarce off Cape Cod that a large part of America's oldest fishing area is now off limits. Populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna of breeding age have dropped 90% since 1975, and Pacific stocks are starting to fall as well. Orange roughy from the waters off New Zealand...
...demonstrated a similar commitment to other departments that could use more support, not neglect. The linguistics department suffers a similar shortage in tenured faculty, and boasts a similarly small but devoted--and now disgruntled--undergraduate body. Linguistics deserves a similar rejuvenation. Instead, the University seems content to let it flounder...
ENVIRONMENT: Whalers Flounder in Japan...
...tabloid is a newspaper designed for wrapping fish. Before folding in the flounder, some folks read it for prurient gossip about the filthy famous and filthier rich, political scandals, meat-ax murders, baby killers, horse-race results, used-car ads and, now and then, a scoop. It speaks with a cigarette behind its ear and a toothpick in the corner of its mouth. Its headlines are punchy and raunchy: HEADLESS BODY FOUND IN TOPLESS BAR and BEST SEX I EVER HAD. Men read these papers mainly for sporting news. Women prefer tabloids, jokes Mortimer Zuckerman, owner of the New York...
...portrayal of Matt, Wilder turns in a solid performance. But he and Rowlett flounder in a few scenes together; when their characters are supposed to be uncomfortable themselves...