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...pictures that accompanied your cover story contradicted the article's message that humans are most often inadvertent victims rather than targeted prey. In three photos, the shark appears as the aggressive killer the fearful public has always imagined. You should have chosen photographs that better depicted the misunderstood fish you wrote about. In this case, the pictures negated your thousand words. ADAM WYSE Delaware, Ohio...
...most mysterious episodes in the history of our planet: the sudden appearance some 540 million years ago of a wild profusion of multicelled animals. That event, known as the Cambrian Explosion, created the evolutionary dynamic that produced most of the species that subsequently populated the earth, from insects and fish to dinosaurs and humans. Given his background, Knoll was particularly interested in how geophysical and geochemical changes (caused by powerful tectonic forces) might have set the stage for everything that followed...
Unlike the foreigners of 100 years ago, I didn’t come to this country to carve it up like a banquet fish, sucking profits out from between every bone. I don’t live in an idyllic riverside concession graced by elegant European architecture. And I didn’t expect the special treatment that treaty after treaty once guaranteed for nationals of the various early 20th-century imperial powers...
...When it happened we were all caught off guard - including Kennedy. He was on board his yacht, the Marlin, pushing off from the family dock in Hyannis Port, Massachussets, preparing for a well-deserved cruise with family and friends and a couple of bowls of fish chowder, his favorite dish. A military duty officer rushed down to the beach with the first flash. He walked into the surf in full uniform to deliver the grim news to Brig. Gen. Chester Clifton, the Presidents military aide who signaled the Marlin back to port. He handed the dispatch to Kennedy who read...
...anyone's glucose tolerance. Another great stop is the Aw Taw Kaw on Kampeng Phet, opposite Chatuchak Weekend Market. Politicians and movie stars are among those who frequent this enormous covered market for its fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, snacks, curries, roast pork and chicken, and grilled and dried fish. The stalls are a feast for the eyes: their beautiful displays enshrine the Thai belief that food should look as good as it tastes. In Thailand, that's both an admonition and a frequent reality...