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...ponds around rice paddies and feed carp in the ponds with weeds from the rice field. The silt from the ponds is used as fertilizer for the fields, and crabs are grown to eat pests. Some of those techniques are being adapted in Western fish farms. In Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dan Butterfield, 59, raises bass, carp, catfish and other species in the same pond; the sun and the catfish feces stimulate the growth of phytoplankton, which feeds the other species. His water stays relatively clean, with no need to discharge wastes. "I am probably the most environment-friendly fish farmer...
...Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68. The Grinch Who Stole The Kegs took the field as part of the Harvard band’s halftime show, wielding a whooping stick that he unleashed on an effigy of Yale’s mascot, Handsome Dan. The comedic show of school spirit was enough to spare him the wrath of the student section—well, that and the fact that Lewis’ cameo went largely undetected by the punch-drunk masses who had found other ways to get their buzz...
...Palestinians. But it seems just as pointedly at odds with the Israeli mood. Instead of bringing centrist Israelis back to Labor, Mitzna appears likely to poach from other dovish parties in a shrinking pool of leftist voters. "Mitzna has vacated the center and Sharon is sliding in," says Dan Schueftan, a Haifa University professor and friend of Mitzna. Sharon's response to the Jerusalem bus bomb that killed 11 Israelis last Thursday shows what Mitzna is up against. To cast himself as the moderate in this week's Likud primary, where he'll face off against Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
...Game would come to be known as one of the best ever, even before a ball was snapped. Besides its championship implications, the Game featured an unprecedented three future NFL players—Harvard receiver Pat McInally ’75, offensive tackle Dan Jiggetts ’76 and Eli receiver Gary Fencik...
...before, he would drive fearlessly down the lane and throw up adventurous floaters, shots that fell with alarming frequency. He gave defenses trouble well-beyond his ability to hit the open shot—he went to the line more than anyone on the team other than all-timer Dan Clemente ’01. Quiet as he may still have been, his moves screamed the very badass hoops culture Harvey had been surrounded but not engulfed by in Chicago—both because of his unassuming personality and because Brother Rice was insulated from...