Word: caspian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Soviet scientists had been trying to find a suitably cheap, protein-based caviar substitute for more than a decade. Most sturgeons-huge fish that can weigh more than 1,000 lbs.-are caught in the Caspian Sea. But as a result of a drop in water level and rising industrial pollution at the Russian end of the sea, the Soviet sturgeon catch has been dwindling, while Iran's production has remained steady. After experimenting with other possible bases for a caviar substitute, the Russian chemists settled on casein, a protein found in curdled milk. Explains Chemist Vladimir Tolstogouzov: "Soybean...
...Monotheisms. Yet the Khazars and their relationship to Judaism are not news to scholars and historians. There is general agreement that during the early 7th century these pagan tribesmen established a kingdom between the Black and Caspian seas. Their capital was Itil, near present-day Astrakhan, at the mouth of the Volga...
...even more insidious threat to Iran's development is that the benefits flow to the already rich classes. One result is an attitude of largesse oblige-if you have money, spend it. Instead of heading for Caspian Sea resorts, affluent Iranians now fly to Europe for a vacation-or a dental checkup, a visit to a London tailor or a Paris mistress. Some government ministers have tripled their departments' budgets, then put the money into expensive furniture and other signs of ostentation. The governor of Baluchistan province almost lost his job for ending his fiscal year with...
...Shirkola Forest on the south shore of the Caspian Sea in Iran, the oak trees are as thick as the ones in old Errol Flynn Robin Hood movies, according to Richard G. Leahy, and he adds proudly, "There are still leopards there...
...school will be located on the Caspian Sea, away from the capital city. Teheran, as agreed on earlier this year in consultations between the Harvard group and the Iranian government...