Word: fish
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...noteworthy victories this year. In a remarkably swift turnabout, Japan agreed to phase out its large-scale drift-net operations in the Pacific. Under pressure, Taiwan and South Korea have also agreed to curb the use of the giant nets, which indiscriminately trap turtles and marine mammals along with fish. In the U.S. the Interior Department banned offshore drilling in a number of sensitive areas for 10 years, buying time to understand better the interaction of oil and delicate marine ecosystems...
...shift in attitude by several international corporations. Companies that in the past had an adversative relationship with conservation groups have begun to take actions that are more than public relations. Following the lead of H.J. Heinz's StarKist Seafood Co., major American tuna canners voluntarily decided to stop buying fish from fleets that carelessly kill dolphins and other marine mammals. McDonald's addressed a major solid-waste problem by switching from polystyrene to paper wrappings for its fast foods. Conoco decided to use double-hulled tankers in an effort to reduce the risk of oil spills, and it has made...
...their daily calories from fat, the average for the general population these days. Federal dietary guidelines recommend reducing fat to no more than 30% of calories. In particular, people are urged to eat less red meat and more main courses lower in fat, such as chicken and fish. The merits of such a plan were borne out in the Harvard study: the more poultry and fish in the nurses' diet, the lower their chances of getting colon cancer. Women who consumed skinless chicken two or more times a week had half the risk of those who ate it less than...
Arrogance seems to have made Gotti careless. In two previous trials, prosecutors relied heavily on tapes made from bugs planted in the Ravenite club, his main Manhattan base. They had also recorded conversations from his neighborhood headquarters, the Bergin Hunt and Fish Club, across the East River in Queens. Although the tapes were so noisy and scratchy that jurors had great difficulty deciphering the dialogue, Gotti obviously knew that his haunts were wired. Even a public telephone in one of Gotti's favorite Little Italy restaurants, Taormina, has a sign saying, WARNING -- THIS PHONE IS BUGGED...
...FISH EYES by Lois Ehlert (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; $13.95). Children first learn arithmetic with their fingers. Then they look around for some new things to number. How about fish? Here, paper collages create a vast aquarium of imaginary underwater swimmers: one green, two jumping, three smiling, etc. The flipping, flashy, finny, skinny specimens help the volume live up to its subtitle, "A Book You Can Count...