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...Secretariat's Triple Crown Belmont Park, N.Y., June...
...ozone layer, may be killing them. The situation may be exacerbated by the fact that cod don't start migrating until they reach about three years old, when they begin by following the mature adults. But, says Jake Rice, head of the Canadian government's Science Advisory Secretariat, "the severe overfishing of adults meant that there were no adults to learn from. The fish now probably don't know how to migrate." And there is another possible brake on cod recovery - seals, which can eat up to 7 kg of the fish a day. Bowing to international pressure, the Canadian...
...most striking visual representation of the Gap is the photograph of Secretariat crossing the finish line at the Belmont Stakes, 31(!) lengths ahead of the next horse. You can barely see the others--the fastest horses in the world, mind you--in the distance...
...idea that a few days of talk could lead to any useful action directed against a scourge that diminishes the lives of millions--and it was a disgrace in execution. The only good thing that might conceivably come out of the conference is a determination by governments and the Secretariat of the U.N. that something so ill advised, so poorly prepared, so intellectually bankrupt and so easily hijacked by special pleading must never be allowed to happen again...
DIED. HEYWOOD HALE BROUN, 83, elegantly literate sports journalist and sometime actor; in Kingston, N.Y. A cbs commentator for 19 years, Broun covered such sports events as Secretariat's victory in the Triple Crown, authored three books and appeared in 14 movies, including For Pete's Sake with Barbra Streisand...