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...Gefilte Fish Out of Water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Jul. 27, 1992 | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

When hollywood moguls dine at Mortons, their favorite entree is fish out of water. They love movies that reveal the familiar through brand-new eyes. If detective Harrison Ford could cozy up to the Amish in Witness, why couldn't detective Melanie Griffith go undercover among Brooklyn's Hasidic Jews and become one of the mishpocha? The reason why not is A STRANGER AMONG US. This pill of a thriller, written by Robert Avrech, manages to demean everyone involved, regardless of creed or previous credits. The usually workmanlike Sidney Lumet directs Griffith to be shrill and most of the Hasidim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Jul. 27, 1992 | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...addition to learning about the schoolingpatterns of fish, students also learn thebasics--taking notes, keeping a notebook, makinghealthy after school snacks--necessitities forfuture and more advanced academics, King says...

Author: By June Shih, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summer Program Enriches | 7/21/1992 | See Source »

...been at it since I was 10, with my dad and his dad, and I've never before collected relief," said Eli Tucker, 73, putting away his $50,000 investment in boat and traps. Tucker and three sons fish from Quidi Vidi, one of more than 300 fishing villages on the rocky coast of Newfoundland. The ban, which will cost the province of 568,000 two-fifths of its annual fishing revenues, has idled 10,000 fishermen as well as 10,000 plant workers. The federal government is paying each worker a skimpy $188 a week for 10 weeks until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: End of The Gold Rush | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...required a lone trout to swim in a tank as the water level rose and fell. Tim reports that 200 fishy hopefuls were brought in from a trout farm, under the care of a trained trout wrangler. Dozens had to be auditioned before the admakers found a star fish capable of navigating the ups and downs of the role. "I kept saying 'That's my trout! That's my trout!' because he was behaving so beautifully," laughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Publisher: Jul. 13, 1992 | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

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