Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fishiest Trend. Egged on by a growing interest in low-calorie, low-fat eating, fish fanciers widened their horizons in the '80s, moving beyond such familiars as salmon, bass and sole to nibble on once scorned ocean trash -- dogfish, skate and the impossibly ugly monkfish (often marketed under its seductive French monicker, lotte). New Zealand's orange roughy, among other imported novelties, made its appearance at supermarkets and dinner tables. Most fashionable of all: fresh tuna, usually served rare, and Hawaii's mahimahi...
...also knew a good business deal when he saw it. "America's gone fat and sloppy, and for someone who's willing to go out there and kick ass, there's a lot of opportunity," he says. In the case of Mustang Meadows, Day and his two partners anticipated earning a $50,000 annual profit from a huge tract they assembled by buying 22,000 acres for $1.4 million and leasing 10,000 adjoining acres from the Sioux Indians. The money would come from IRAM's contract with BLM and the state of South Dakota, which pays the sanctuary...