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...exactly baked fish pizziola...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Abolish The Club | 2/9/1991 | See Source »

...this won't be difficult for Gates. His association with Harvard, they say, will bring in graduate students and young scholars that want to study with him. Since Gates has arrived at Duke, the number of graduate students studying Afro-American-related fields has jumped, according to Stanley Fish, chair of Duke's English department...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Can He Save Afro-Am? | 1/31/1991 | See Source »

Still, with a little luck (and an increase in predation by native fish like the freshwater drum), the zebra mussel may yet be brought under control. In fact, some evidence suggests that the mussel population in Lake Erie may have peaked. "There are many ways to kill the zebra mussel," observes Ohio State entomologist Susan Fisher. "The trick is to do it selectively" without wiping out other aquatic life. Fisher has recently found that minute traces of potassium, nontoxic to other organisms, reliably send zebra mussels into fatal shock. Paints laced with potassium, she speculates, might protect underwater structures from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Invasion of The Zebra Mussels | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

Considering all the fuss over fish oil and polyunsaturates in the world of heart disease, one might wonder if the type of fat consumed makes any difference. "The data are very confusing on this," admits Rose. Some researchers believe that certain fats are more villainous than others with respect to cancer, but Henderson and others say all fat should be reduced. Drastically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breast Cancer: A Puzzling Plague | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

Arrogance seems to have made Gotti careless. In two previous trials, prosecutors relied heavily on tapes made from bugs planted in the Ravenite club, his main Manhattan base. They had also recorded conversations from his neighborhood headquarters, the Bergin Hunt and Fish Club, across the East River in Queens. Although the tapes were so noisy and scratchy that jurors had great difficulty deciphering the dialogue, Gotti obviously knew that his haunts were wired. Even a public telephone in one of Gotti's favorite Little Italy restaurants, Taormina, has a sign saying, WARNING -- THIS PHONE IS BUGGED...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still The Teflon Don? | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

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