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...than ensuring an adequate supply of fish, which provides one-sixth of humanity's animal protein. As the population surges, so will demand. Trying to buy time by switching to alternative species or different parts of the world, says Michael Sutton of the World Wildlife Fund, "is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic." And aquiculture is not a guaranteed solution: fish raised in crowded conditions on farms are vulnerable to disease and genetic defects from inbreeding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Few Fish in the Sea | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

...some point, they all had to be pushedaside to make way for weight training, bus trips,extra shifts in practice, or whatever else it tookto become an ace in the deck of Harvard hockey.Body has never made a formal choice between golfand hockey, but everyone else has. Always leftthere is always the passion of hockey. Best leftfor explanation by a Canadian...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Finishing in Style: The Class of '94 | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

Andrew: Out tape deck stopped working, but mostly we listened to old music , trying to figure...

Author: By Steve L. Burt, | Title: Eggs Go Over Easy | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

...process of redistricting must change. No political party's leadership should be able to stack the deck in its own favor. The redrawing of the political map must be achieved impartially. The Bureau of the Census can do the job. Districts should 1) encompass populations of roughly similar sizes within each state, 2) be contiguous and "star-shaped" (a line can be drawn from the center to any point on the border without exiting the district), 3) respect town borders whenever possible and 4) be drawn with the same basic criteria in every state...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: The Crucial Maps | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

...unforced skill with which the star manipulates his 52 assistants. A masterly marksman, he can scale an ordinary playing card across the stage with such force that it pierces a watermelon, and can rocket a card to decapitate a plastic duck. He can make a card rise from the deck as if by levitation, or tear one up and make it reappear whole. In Jay's supple hands, what is commonly known as a card trick is something approaching art. To watch him work a deck is to see him write haiku in the air, four times a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tricky Ricky | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

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