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...turbot. Predictably, the European Union ignored Canada and continued to fish just outside of the 200-mile limit. The EU threatened to send warships to protect its interests. Diplomatic negotations were halted. And meanwhile, turbot go the way of other species: cod populations have been reduced by 99 per cent, pilchard and polar cod by 94 per cent, and haddock by more than 80 per cent since the mid-1970s...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Of Fish and Politics | 4/8/1995 | See Source »

...banning smoking in restaurants, the city would simply be moving with the tastes of the majority of its citizens. Indeed, CUSP is funded by a 25-cent cigarette tax that was approved by 69 percent of the voters in 1992--in effect saying that they were for policies of smoking prevention. Cambridge should listen to its residents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tighten Limits on Smoking | 2/28/1995 | See Source »

...hold the line against even one cent ofRepublican cuts in college aid," Kennedy said."How dare anyone offer a Contract with Americathat professes allegiance to the middle class butthat would slam college doors in the face of theirchildren...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Slashing Student Loans | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

...That will put an end to a period when students could withdraw from a class the day of the final and not have the grade appear on the transcript--much like cancelling an airplane reservation the day of the flight and not having to pay a cent...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Stanford, Dartmouth Crack Down on Grades | 12/13/1994 | See Source »

...Montana rejected a requirement to put all new tax proposals to public vote. Nevada approved a two-thirds legislative approval for tax increases. Massachusetts rejected a graduated income tax in favor of the current flat rate. Arizona passed a cigarette-tax increase. Colorado rejected one. Oklahoma rejected a 1-cent entertainment tax that would have paid for breast-cancer research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: Victory By the Numbers | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

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