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Leander Perez's power has passed down to one of his sons, 55-year-old Chalin, president of the five-man parish Commission Council. Unlike his flamboyant father, Chalin comes across as a dark-suited conservative lawyer. His is not the voice of a segregationist, but of a typical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: The Legacy of a Parish Boss Lives On | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

The Russians had already registered their displeasure by canceling fisheries talks that were in progress in Moscow. The Soviets had previously cut severely into Japanese fishing rights by declaring a 200-mile protected zone around their northern shores. Japanese officials in Tokyo, however, doubted whether Moscow would go so far...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: Friends Again | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

Summertime, and the fishing is easy. Unless the quarry is the broadbill swordfish, one of the strongest, most aggressive and highly prized trophies in the sea. New discoveries about the swordfish's feeding and fighting habits have resulted in record catches in the Gulf Stream, off the Florida coast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stalking the Broadbill | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

Precisely at 7 o'clock on a muggy, mosquito-filled evening, we pushed off from a south Miami marina and sped east into the open Atlantic, heading for the deepest reaches of the Gulf Stream. Our skipper was Pete Peacock, 41, a contractor by trade but a fisherman by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stalking the Broadbill | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

We hooked the lines to towering outriggers and began a slow drift that would take us 30 miles north before dawn. The once deserted sea suddenly seemed like a freeway at rush hour. Huge tankers glided out of the night, quiet as cats. Flickering orange lights marked the miles-long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stalking the Broadbill | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

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