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...this so-called blue revolution may not reach U.S. shores for a while. Although gene scientists in the U.S. have been tinkering with a variety of marine creatures--not only salmon and trout but also carp, catfish, tilapia and shrimp--these efforts are drawing criticism similar to that directed at genetically modified foods. Opponents, who complain about the fertilizers and other pollutants released into coastal waters by the fish farms, are especially concerned about the potential impact on the gene pool. They note that domesticated fish regularly escape from their pens into the wild and breed with native stocks, upsetting...
...used to think Gwyneth Paltrow was a nice blond girl (okay, so a nice, unnaturally blond girl). After all, she always played the victim, always had pretty hair and could carp in a British accent with the best of them. But Gwyneth started to wear on me. I couldn't quite figure out why. And then it all started coming together last month--after she lampooned Sharon Stone's husband on SNL. Stone, unable to contain her boiling rage, burst out with what everyone has been thinking for months: "She lives in a rarefied air that's very thin...
California's lefty Democrats whined that Davis abandoned them just when they could have steamrolled Republicans, with a majority in both houses along with the top job in the state for the first time in 16 years. Republicans carp about his grabbing headlines for initiatives set in motion by Republican predecessor Pete Wilson. Ticking off both parties while at the same time shaming them into action is the triple crown of nonpartisan, post-impeachment politics. But being in the middle isn't necessarily easy. It's like standing on a highway median strip--every time you step into traffic, someone...
What spooks the nets is that PVRs could, theoretically, strip out their ads and insert ads of their own, and ultimately upset the entire system of ad-based TV. "These boxes are not a simple piece of consumer electronics, like a VCR," says Bert Carp, attorney for the coalition...
...even a salute to the finger waggers and Jeremiahs, who remind me of Vera Carp of Tuna, Texas. She used to say, "You will act like a Christian, or I will slap the snot...