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There are worse things after 20 years of marriage than a man who gets teary over a fish and who has entered intense therapy. But all McGann would say is that "life is complicated, and I'm old enough to never say never." It's easy to see why Morris leaned on her. Any one of us unlucky enough to find ourselves with just one call from the police station would want to do the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'M OLD ENOUGH TO NEVER SAY NEVER | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

...disease. The appearance of this degenerative disease--widely suspected to be contracted by eating contaminated beef organs--set off a panic as Europe slammed its doors to British beef, and travelers anxiously cast their minds back to London vacations, trying to recall whether they had ordered the fish or the sausage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. BEEF | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Faced with the collapse of Atlantic fisheries and disturbing declines in the Pacific, the Clinton Administration said Friday it would impose strict regulations that could close many areas to fishing and significantly alter fishing practices in U.S. territorial waters. The cost has been severe. The cod populations of the Grand Banks have fallen 95 percent. Populations of breeding-age Atlantic bluefin tuna have fallen more than 90 percent. In many places, the losses of commercial fish stocks have been catastrophic, and in the last decade tens of thousands of fishermen have been forced to abandon their boats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down on Over-Fishing | 1/24/1997 | See Source »

...Kathy Terry of the bankers who hold the notes on their farm. "We've kept it going only because we got a loan from my dad. My husband was already looking around for other work." Manuel Valdez, 43, and his wife Susie, 37, were close to losing Susie's Fish & Grill, which the couple sank their life savings into only five months before. Manuel, who had stopped by the cotton gin (owned by the Terrys, of course) for a cup of coffee and joined the lottery pool on a lark, says they could not have held out much longer. "This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TEXAS DELIVERANCE | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...presumably represent the chaos overtaking Beckmann's homeland. The center panel portrays the artist's dream of escape. The blue horizon (the color of peace) beckons; the king in the boat makes a calm gesture of benediction with his right hand while his left releases a school of small fish from a net trailing in the sea; and a Madonna figure with a child looks on. The painting pulls together a string of images: Christ on the Sea of Galilee, the Fisher King, Beckmann himself. Its relative serenity would not reappear in the triptychs to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: SCENES OF HELLISH HEAT | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

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