Word: butterfish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Frank Mundus, 60, and Donnie Braddick, 30, had spotted a group of great whites feeding on the carcass of a whale about 25 miles south of Montauk, N.Y., and mobilized for battle. But the monster did not immediately abandon the whale in favor of the crew's whiting , and butterfish bait. "We were offering him a lollipop when he had the whole candy store," says Mundus. He turned the task of landing the shark over to Braddick because "I ain't no spring chicken"; after a two-hour struggle, the fish gave up. The next day thousands of locals...
...example, supports Mugabe, but he is also committed to peaceful relations with the new Zimbabwe regime regardless of the election's outcome. Machel underscored that commitment last week by reopening his border to Rhodesia for the first time since 1976. Within days, Rhodesians were eating prawns and butterfish in the port of Beira, while Mozambican railway and trade officials were flying to Salisbury to begin re-establishing commercial ties...