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...migratory cormorants are biting into the profits by feasting on as much as $6 million worth of catfish a year. Because the birds are largely protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, catfish farmers have resorted to elaborate tactics to scare the birds away: screaming fireworks, propane cannons that boom every 15 to 20 minutes, amplified recordings of bird distress calls and even harassment by helicopter...
...trade restraints begin to fall this month, beef sales in Japan are likely to boom. Cuts like filet mignon, which sells for up to $43 per lb. in Tokyo, should become much more affordable. Thanks in part to spacious grazing land and plentiful feed, American-grown beef is much less expensive to produce than the Japanese variety. "In three to five years, we expect to be selling three times our current monthly volume of 1,200 head of cattle," says Kazuhiro Ogasawara, vice president of Mt. Shasta Beef...
...Boom. Boyce is up the ice. Boom. He is back down it. Zip. Zap. "Boyce is one of the best all-around players in the league," UVM Coach Mike Gilligan says. "He can play both sides of the ice so well...
...everyone shares the boomers' enthusiasm. According to A.N. Norman, assistant bureau commander of the Los Angeles fire department, several city ambulance drivers have been involved in accidents with boom cars that did not yield the right of way. At a relatively puny 120 decibels, emergency sirens fail to cut through...
...decibels can result in permanent hearing damage. But boomers turn a deaf ear to such objections. With one sound-off rally scheduled for Austin in two weeks and another on Easter Sunday in Daytona Beach, Fla., the air will soon be filled with the sound of cars going boom in the night...