Word: fisherman
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...have expressions of almost unbearable sadness etched unchangingly into their faces. It’s a very creepy and powerful effect, especially when coupled with the woman’s rag-like clothing. Here’s the story: the wife waits on the shore as her gnarled fisherman husband is eaten by a spiny fish after the two duel in a maelstrom (conveyed by hands with cut-out lighting bolts attached). All the while, Feist gasps out soft narrative lyrics interspersed with an eerie harmony. After her husband is swallowed, the wife dons a retro-science fiction swim apparatus...
Moon-phase watches have a practical purpose: to track the stages of the moon through its monthly cycle. But for anyone who's not a fisherman or an astrologer, a moon-phase mechanism is a novelty, and it's a top trend this year. Among the new models to get wound up about are Breguet's classically elegant minute repeater, IWC's sporty Grande Complication and Cartier's chic Tortue XL Day and Night...
Take Alaska's halibut fishery, which began a catch-share program in 1995. At the time, the halibut season had become a 48-hour scramble to catch the most fish allowed by law, according to Linda Behnken, director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association and a commercial fisherman in Sitka since 1982. "No matter what the weather was, everyone with a line and hook was going out," says Behnken. "And this is Alaska. The weather gets bad here. Boats went down. Lives were lost." Things got even worse when the fishermen all returned with their catches at the same...
...guessing that depends on your definition of fun.) And for the attendees who were actually worried about, you know, getting a job, OCS had a remedy: the fair featured the appropriately-named Relaxation Station, which featured a fishing booth and the promise of a slinky to any successful fisherman. “It’s the place for you to channel your inner kindergartner,” said Robin E. Mount, the interim director of OCS. Forget about your lack of employment prospects and pick up some Play...
...carnival rides and a palmist called Amalia Lavengra. The largest boat in the harbor was not some weathered trawler, but the Donara II, a 34-foot yacht owned by Andy Stewart, Commodore of the Arbroath Sailing and Boating Club. "It's mixed emotions," says Alex Smith, a former Arbroath fisherman who sold his boat last year, and who offered "Pleasure Cruises with Skipper Alex Smith" on a small craft during this year's Seafest. "It's good to see the harbor busy. But Seafest is supposed to be about fishermen, and there's no fishermen left...