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Soviet officials describe it as a summertime wonderland of "heavenly fishing and coolness." To many of its 600,000 inhabitants, the island of Sakhalin, off the coast of Siberia, is better known for its frozen winters, when the temperature frequently drops to - 22° F. For almost 7,000 Koreans...
On the way to gulping $150 million for its makers, the movie Jaws is spattering finny largesse all over the pop landscape. Shark teeth, selling for as much as $100 apiece unmounted, have bitten off a sizable hunk of the gimcrackery market in the form of necklaces, earrings and bracelets...
In a hearing conducted in French, English and Cree, it soon became clear that the Indians' livelihood and culture were inseparable. As members of the last cohesive hunting societies in North America, they lived in a vital, even religious relationship with the animals they chased and ate. A Cree...
The victory of a pro-Soviet regime in Angola would enable Moscow to complete its network of African bases. The small, sleepy fishing village of Baia dos Tigres (Tiger Bay), for instance, has a superb deepwater anchorage; it could readily be developed into a base that would make it easy...
At present, mining or drilling in Antarctica's harsh environment is prohibitively costly. But many scientists feel that cheaper technologies may soon become available. Then the treaty could fall apart as old claims are revived and there is a rush to divide Antarctica's spoils. "If that happens...