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Responding to American consumers' voracious appetite for fish, scientists are busy experimenting with halibut, one of the mysterious giants of the deep and a staple of the supermarket frozen-food section. In its ocean domain, this monster grows to 400 lbs. or more and cruises for up to 40 years. It is ugly too; during maturation the skull of the halibut twists, moving one eye to the opposite side and giving the beast -- naturally enough -- a grotesquely pained look. Well, its sufferings are over. Aquaculturists, again in Norway, have produced a dwarf version, at a mere 15 lbs., that takes...
Much of the information is frighteningly easy to obtain. A guide published by the Quill Corp. of Lincolnshire offers public-domain prospecting tips for listmakers. Among other things, it suggests taking a look at marriage licenses, birth certificates, voter registrations, sporting and business licenses and the membership rolls of schools, churches and civic organizations. Quill advises that these lists can often be obtained through local government offices...
SHOW BUSINESS: Prince's eminent domain...
...colonies that were far from home and scattered around the globe. By contrast, the Soviet empire, although enormous, is concentrated on the Eurasian landmass. In debating whether the U.S.S.R.'s rebellious regions can become its peaceful neighbors, Western policymakers and analysts are turning to a historical parallel: the vanished domain of the Ottoman Turks...
...Center garners almost as much attentionfor its other role--providing experimentaltreatment to current AIDS victims. That fallsunder the domain of Professor of Medicine MartinS. Hirsch, the Center's other co-director, whooversees the AIDS Clinical Testing Unit (ACTU),which is one of only 47 such government-fundedunits across the country...