Word: catfish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...millions of dollars from television revenues, to allow salary arbitration, and even worse, some rebels talked of allowing free agency. If that ever happened, the owners' counterparts over in football-land would have had themselves a pretty good chuckle (and a pretty good scare.) Luckily, people like Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson realized that they should act in the best interest of baseball to prevent the sport from becoming controlled by money...
...Catfish and Reggie did become free agents. And you say arbitration is a common practice now that allows players who can barely hit .250 sign contracts worth millions of dollars...
From Yankees fleeing the northern cold to Asian walking catfish to South ; American water hyacinths, southern Florida has suffered through many invasions by persistent foreigners threatening to displace native flora and fauna. The vulnerable peninsula, devasted last month by wide-ranging brush fires, continues to be under attack, this time by alien trees: the Brazilian pepper and the Australian pine and Melaleuca, all amazingly prolific and fast spreading. Laments Julia Morton, a University of Miami botanist: "These trees are entirely too healthy. They don't have natural enemies here...
WOODY ALLEN USED TO JOKE, when death seemed imminent, his life passed before his eyes, "I saw myself going fishin' down at the fishin' hole, fryin' up a mess o' catfish, and goin' down to the general store to buy a piece of Gingham for Emmy Lou. But then I realized this was not my life, here I was about to die and the wrong life was passing before my eyes...
...find foods low in calories and fat, advantages most seafoods offer. As transportation and refrigeration facilities improve, more varieties of fish in top condition are available all over the country. To keep supplies steady and free of pollutants, several kinds of seafoods are now successfully being farmed, among them catfish (always favored in the South and now gaining popularity up North), salmon, mussels and oysters. In addition, fish has attained gourmet status as Americans traveling abroad try it in sophisticated preparations. American chefs are challenged to develop their own savory creations. So great is the demand for skill in fish...