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...hungry pike as well as hungry humans, carp can be a most satisfying meal. But the freshwater fish has a way of fooling at least its piscine predators. According to researchers at Lund University in Sweden, when pike are placed in carp-filled ponds, the hunted fish begin to bulk up on food in the water until, after 12 weeks, they are simply too big for the pike to swallow. But the bigger carp expend more energy swimming. Once the pike threat is gone, the carp should revert back to their slimmer shape. Call them the Arnold Schwarzeneggers...
...sophomore line of Patrick Turcotte, Dion DelMonte and Mike Stacchi will most likely provide the bulk of the scoring this season. As a rookie line last year, the trio accounted for 52 points including 22 goals, 30 percent of the team's offensive production...
Still, the bulk of the play remains entertaining, and at times moving. McNally's funny, barbed script is filled with moments of insight into his characters and their fears of living. The New Repertory Theatre's production has effectively illuminated these moments, creating a mostly convincing picture of difficult lives comforted by--and sometimes ruined by--opera...
...Isabelle gets pregnant again, the national social security system will cover the bulk of her prenatal, delivery and postpartum expenses. She is guaranteed a six-month paid maternity leave, two months longer than for each of her prior pregnancies, to cover the added responsibilities of an expanding family. In the third month of her pregnancy, Isabelle will begin to accrue monthly benefits, eventually totaling $343, to defray the cost of another infant. If Isabelle decides not to return to work, she will get $563 in "parental education benefits" to reward her decision to stay home. If she does return...
...hero; he provokes no more interest in himself than that he stewarded the country during Alf's life. The same with Buchanan. He might have had a more profound effect on the country's history than Ford, but he didn't provoke much interest in himself--the bulk of Alf's tale is about the people in Buchanan's life, including Russian czars and Nathanial Hawthorne...