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...Crisco out. In dizzying succession, the yuppies hit us with the jicama, the kiwi, the leek and the miniature eggplant. By the end of the 1980s, thanks to their heroic efforts, every Midwestern town sported a fern- filled "Maude's" or "Davio's" offering white chocolate mousse and blackened fish. For those who could afford to eat fashionably, dinner replaced the theater as the highbrow event of the evening -- if not the only fun part of the night...
Congress lost Harvard graduates from both sides of the aisle. Rep. Amory Houghton Jr. '50 (R-N.Y.) said he has seen his circle of alumni decrease in the last few years; his acquaintances from Harvard include two representatives who recently departed the House, Bill Green '50 and Hamilton Fish...
...cliched solace given disappointed lovers is no longer true: there are not plenty of other fish in the sea. Aggressive fleets have forced 13 of the world's 17 major fisheries to the verge of collapse. Canada banned cod fishing on the Atlantic's Grand Banks this year, and the U.S. followed with an order putting large areas of New England's Georges Bank out of bounds...
YOUR REPORT ON ENDANGERED WILDLIFE trade mentioned the illegal selling of whale meat in Japan. The DNA testing used on samples of products sold in Japanese fish markets has technical problems. I have rebutted the DNA findings of the scientist who did the tests and asked him to send us his DNA samples and other relevant information for further investigation of illegalities, but so far he has not sent the samples or any other information. I was disappointed that you publicized the DNA testing as much as you did. It is not the only crusade against illegal trade in whale...
...just couldn't stand it anymore," Christine says. "So I made it my New Year's resolution: No more fighting." On Jan. 2 she slipped out the kitchen door at 5 a.m., with $144, two cans of Diet Coke, six cans of Star-Kist tuna fish, a jar of Skippy peanut butter, her diary, some clothes, a pocket knife and a photo of her eight-year-old sister. She paid $68 for a bus ride to Hollywood. "I sort of figured that anybody could get by in Hollywood. Lots of freedom and good weather and stuff...