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...sightings around Sydney Harbour, including two attacks in two days on schoolboy rowers, has triggered panic among some competitors. "The Europeans are pretty worried about it," says 1997 world champion Chris McCormack. "They're used to swimming in freshwater lakes, where the most you'll find is an eel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: And While Cycling, Watch Out for Tasmanian Devils | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...cost of $2,095 each are tax deductible. "It was a wonderful way to experience a culture, vs. going as a tourist," Bettie says. On free afternoons and weekends, they went sightseeing and enjoyed trying the local cuisine. Duane, whom everyone calls Pete, developed a taste for eel with hot pepper. They were invited to cook dinner with a Chinese family in their home, and were allowed to visit the hut of a Taoist monk--a rare privilege, even for the Chinese. After waiting almost a lifetime to travel at all, the Petersons now plan to do volunteer vacations every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Lend a Helping Hand | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...slithered out of the Jeep and into my beaten-up tennis shoes and grabbed my gear that my father had meticulously arranged during my date the previous night. My red-and-pink shrimptail lure had been enlisted for battle with everything from speckled trout to eel-like ribbonfish. The assortment of friendly people half-submerged in the water reminded me that I was not in Boston...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Father, Son and the Firechicken | 9/23/1999 | See Source »

...Generations of French kings built their most beautiful chateaus in the temperate Loire Valley. It is home to some of France's most prestigious vineyards. The wetlands around the relatively shallow, meandering river and its tributaries provide a rich habitat for hundreds of species of birds and other animals; eel, trout and Atlantic salmon ply the waters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fresh Water: CHRISTINE JEAN: A Mission for Madame | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

MACKEREL [3 hearts] AMERICAN EEL [2 hearts] TUNA [2 hearts] ATLANTIC HERRING [2 hearts] NORWEGIAN SARDINES [2 hearts] RAINBOW TROUT [2 hearts] LAKE WHITEFISH [1 heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eating Smart | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

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