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...year-old Yusa, whose family has been in whaling for two generations. That prosperity died when commercial whaling was banned by the IWC in 1986. Japan was still permitted to kill almost 1,000 whales a year for scientific research, which conservation groups regard as little more than backdoor commercial whaling. But whale meat went from a cheap staple to an expensive delicacy. Ports like Ayukawa hollowed out. You can still find whale in restaurants here, but it's not locally caught?and at $55 for a meal of minke, it's far too costly for most residents...
...least one possible opponent of Capp’s received the implied threat that a potential job would be withheld after graduation if that person ran against Capp,” Lurie wrote, citing this as one of several “shady backdoor political maneuvers...
What Glazer and his allies were unable to achieve at the ballot box, they were able to accomplish through dirty politics, resorting to shady backdoor political maneuvers to force out a popularly elected official, apparently just because they did not want to work with him—and some even resorted to threats...
With the game tied at 5-5 with 24:35 remaining, Harvard turned the ball over on a botched clear. Penn’s Chrissy Muller scooped up the ground ball and found the Quakers’ leading scorer, Ali Ryan, wide open on a backdoor cut, and Ryan scored the first of her three second-half goals. The Quakers weren’t done there. Penn ripped off another three consecutive goals, going on a 4-0 run overall to take the lead...
Then, there’s Princeton—the veritable tortoise to the Quakers’ hare. The Tigers’ offense has been a national sensation for quite some time for its superfluous backdoor cuts and deliberate tempo...