Word: fish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even if existing laws were enforced, Cousteau said he feels that more comprehensive and equitable international regulations would be necessary to control the harvest and distribution of ocean fish and mineral resources...
...incident began when the Coast Guard cutter Decisive ordered the Taras Shevchenko to heave to in waters about 130 miles southeast of Nantucket Island, Mass. Commander Alan B. Smith suspected that the Russian ship had been violating the U.S.'s new 200-mile fishing zone. Three Coast Guardsmen and two agents of the National Marine Fisheries Service scampered up the trawler's rope ladder and split into two teams. One hurried below to check the ship's cleaning and packing facilities and its refrigerated hold; the other team headed for the skipper's cabin to inspect...
Late last week U.S. Attorney James Gabriel brought Gupalov into federal court in Boston, where the husky Russian captain and his ship were formally charged with fishing for prohibited species and failing to keep proper records. If found guilty, Gupalov could go to prison for up to one year and be fined as much as $100,000; the ship could be confiscated, along with its gear and its entire 397-ton cargo of frozen fish...
...reason: the fear that energy shortages and higher gasoline taxes will eventually restrict driving and thus the patronage of McDonald's restaurants. Competition in the fast-food business has rocketed: not only have hamburger chains proliferated, but Americans can now pop around the corner to get takeaway tacos, fish cakes, spaghetti and even German sausage. Some of the country's biggest corporations have challenged McDonald's by buying up fast-food chains: Heublein (Kentucky Fried Chicken), Pillsbury (Burger King), General Foods (Burger Chef...
...monument, but the figures enshrined on the top bear vague resemblance to the heros of Watergate. Nixon stands in the middle holding a serpent and he has one foot on a crocodile. The roughly scrawled inscription on the base of the monument reads, "Get Back! Watergaters, crocodiles and dangergous fish-enemies. Raise not your heads. Let your mouths be closed and your gullets blocked. Back Evil Doers! Raise not your face against those who are in the White House." And on the back of the piece, another inscription adds, "(Expletive Deleted...