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...elected 14 times, thereby earning enough seniority on the Appropriations Committee to become the House's undisputed Prince of Pork. Kirwan is never loath to combat a political foe by lidding his barrel. Four years ago, when Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse voted against a $10 million aquarium for the District of Columbia-a pet Kirwan project-Mike simply lopped four Oregon projects out of his pork bill. Morse eventually backed down. "Mike's Fish Tank" will be built, and Oregon got back its appropriations...
...Fish Hobbyist Herbert Axelrod [July 29], TIME says "he delights in swimming in piranha-infested rivers just to prove that piranhas are not man-eaters." This is not in accord with my childhood memories of placing my hand against the glass wall of the piranha tank in the hometown aquarium for the thrill of watching these aggressive Lilliputians try to attack the hand...
...green lights control traffic at the entrance. Just inside, visitors find an aquarium full of goldfish. Farther along, a 1922 Greta Garbo film flickers continually in a twelve-seat cinema. Throughout the corpus, the clanking of various mechanical fantasies mingles with the solemn reverberation of Bach's organ music. "Women love it. They seem to understand immediately that it's a homage to them," says Niki. And very best of all, even the psychiatrists seem to approve. Said one: "It will affect the dreams of the Swedes who see it for years to come...
...Booster award went to San Diego's Sea World Aquarium for training its dolphins to present a diverting, three-act "play" with an anti-litter message. More to the point, GOMA honored Colorado's Adolph Coors Co. for its remarkable success in reducing the number of beer cans by the side of the highway. Coors, whose beer is the best-selling in nine of the eleven Western states, has been paying 10 for every empty can and bottle returned-at a loss to the company of 10 each. With recovery rates as high as 85% in some states...
...tank filled with swimming goldfish looked like any other pet-shop aquarium, but the hamster hopping about inside the tank raised more than a few eyebrows. Sealed in an air-filled chamber, the hamster was staying nicely alive in his underwater environment without the help of lines or pipes leading to the air above the surface...