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...writers. Like that other homegrown art form, jazz, the hard-boiled style relied on a formula but encouraged improvisation. James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice) counterpointed violence with steamy sexuality; Chandler's signature note of sarcastic charm can be heard in the opening of his 1936 story Goldfish: "I wasn't doing any work that day, just catching up on my foot-dangling." Currently, Parker's Spenser sings the best sassy blues: "Ideal options aren't something I have much to do with. Most of the time I'm shuttling between bad and worse." Mickey Spillane's Mike...
...became Cabot's mascot after the Loeb Drama Center donated a 15-foot wooden version of the aquatic creature last year. The fish motif reappeared throughout yesterday's festivities, taking such forms as a Fish-shaped cake, a fishnet hanging from the ceiling by the entrance, and gummiFish and goldFish crackers sprinkled liberally in bowls throughout the reception room...
...machines in Jackson, Ga., the other day. "When we first come into an area, people giggle. They say you can't do it; you can't keep 'em alive in a machine. But we can. The only thing we have trouble with is minnows. Night crawlers, crawfish, goldfish, leeches--they're all pretty tough. But with minnows, after seven days we have about a 50% loss. We try to get those minnows out of there before that happens and rejuvenate 'em, same as you would bread or potato chips...
...fetching a cup of night crawlers from one of Georgia's new machines --"Is that pretty, or what?"--explained the process. Worms and other slithery kinds of bait are packaged in ventilated 8-oz. cups with a bedding of moist paper shot through with feed, fattener and conditioner. Minnows, goldfish and the like are in water-filled plastic bags with a chemical that slows their metabolism. "What kills them is their own waste. They pollute the water. The chemical slows them down in their movements, so to speak...
...Whites seem to be responding to boom times in their food supply by producing larger litters more rapidly. And though Great Whites normally avoid the risk of attacking humans, some scientists suspect that the fish may mistake humans in wet suits for seals. Says McCosker: "Sharks are dumber than goldfish...