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Young patrons of the lounges agree that part of the hookah's charm lies in its illicit associations. "It looks illegal," says Gypsy customer Armen Piskoulian, 18, with a grin, sucking on his hookah with the insouciance of the blue caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland, "but it's not." Others say it's not just stoner chic that has made the hookah a hit with the collegiate crowd. Post-9/11 headlines have also played a part. "They're hearing about Middle East this and Middle East that," says the Habibi's Mickey Fathi. "They can come here...
...depletion figure is a gross exaggeration on the part of the nervous media," he says. Still, the Russians have worked hard to sustain the remaining population with hatcheries and export quotas. Banning imports "would be the catalyst for a new round of poaching and illegal trade," says Armen Petrossian, head of the International Caviar Importers Association. In the U.S., the demand for beluga caviar has led not just to illegal imports of what some call black gold but also to a rash of false labeling. Arkady Panchernikov, whose Caspian Star Caviar handled some 60% of the caviar imported into...
...depletion figure is a gross exaggeration on the part of the nervous media," he says. Still, the Russians have worked hard to sustain the remaining population with hatcheries and export quotas. Banning imports "would be the catalyst for a new round of poaching and illegal trade," says Armen Petrossian, head of the International Caviar Importers Association. Tariffs collected from the legal trade pay for the hatcheries that produce 97% of beluga swimming in the Caspian. Without revenues from the legal trade, says Petrossian, there would be no incentive to maintain the hatcheries or to police poachers...
...Victor Bannykh, Secretary of State for International Cooperation of Ukraine, Gen. Victor Gaiciue, Minister of Defense of Moldova, Ambassador Armen Kirakossian from Armenia, and Gen. David Tevzadze, Minister of Defense of Georgia took part in the panel...
...season is young and both opponents have good players. Penn's Drew Corradini leads the Ancient Eight with 31 hits and .431 average. The Quakers also feature Mark Nagata, who led the Ivy League in batting average last season, and Armen Simonian, who was among the league leaders in both hitting and pitching in 1997. Columbia junior Dan Gati is second in the league with 32 strikeouts...