Word: free
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been able to know back then that what I had just caught was one of the last stragglers of a vanishing species--that within 35 years a 247-lb. Atlantic broadbill swordfish would be as rare as a tyrannosaur--I would have set it free, administered CPR or, if all attempts at resuscitation had failed, I would at least have had the carcass of the mighty fish gilded and sent to the Smithsonian...
More and more nations are establishing marine reserves, where sea creatures of all sorts and sizes can mate and bear their young free from the menace of man. Just as important, funds are being found for enforcement of limits, restrictions and bans. Personnel are being hired and trained; boats and planes are being deployed to monitor compliance...
...human race becomes vegetarian in the next century, animal-rights advocates will be ecstatic. But what about the rest of us? Can we possibly enjoy a meat-free, dairy-free future when hunter-gatherer appetites will still be hard-wired into our genes...
Louis Lanza, owner and executive chef of Josie's Restaurant & Juice Bar in New York City and author of the soon to be released Totally Dairy-Free Cooking, anticipated the meatless future long ago and has devoted himself to easing the transition even for committed carnivores. That's why TIME chose him to prepare a dinner for 2025 that would be good for the body--and the planet. In his tasty menu, liver pate gives way to lentil pate, steak is replaced by tofu cutlet and a banana-and-ice-cream dessert is made with rice milk instead...
...former military dictator, Portillo himself is considered a centrist and wooed peasants with his campaign promise to "overthrow the oligarchy." Portillo cites British prime minister Tony Blair as his political role model, and says he wants to copy Blair's mix of social welfare programs and a free market economy...