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...proposals seem to reflect public opinion. Although nearly three-fourths of Americans approve of hunting, 62% believe that many hunters violate hunting laws or engage in unsafe or unethical practices, a three-year study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found. In fact, a majority of hunters oppose the very practices that reformers are seeking to outlaw, according to a 1992 study by Idaho's fish and game department. Says Jim Posewitz, founder of the Orion Institute, a hunters' group promoting reform: "Unless we address some of these practices that work to erode the concept of fair play, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNTING'S BAD SPORTS | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

Those Simpsons fans among us are undoubtedly familiar with "Blinky," the three-eyed fish that frolics in the river near the Springfield nuclear power plant. But how many are aware of the six-legged frogs that are turning up all over Minnesota...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: SEWAGE MAY SPAWN TRICLOPS | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

...fact, amphibians with deformities at least as disturbing as the fictional tri-orbed fish can be found over that entire Midwestern state. Besides possessing a variable amount of legs, these poor li'l froggies often are missing their eyes entirely, and some exhibit shrunken or missing sex organs. Scientists are not sure exactly what is causing the massive deformation, but you can bet your remaining Crimson Cash that it's some form of pollution...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: SEWAGE MAY SPAWN TRICLOPS | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

...along the I-64 corridor. About half of Toyota's top 100 executives in the U.S. are American. And there are about 50 Japanese in the 6,500 person work force at the Georgetown plant. At the Tachibana sushi bar in nearby Lexington, Kentucky, manager Takashi Iwata serves raw fish to Japanese diners as well as to locals raised on burgers and barbecued ribs. "I am happiest when I have customers in cowboy shirts using chopsticks," Iwata says. "But to tell you the truth, my ancestors would be shocked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYOTA ROAD USA | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...hope the new cosmetics [NOTEBOOK, Sept. 16] smell right, especially Mildew, Plague and Gangrene. Yet I wonder how the cosmetic industry missed Dirty Diaper, Rotting Fish and Sewage? DAVID F. SIEMENS JR. Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 7, 1996 | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

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