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...Christian Andersen's fable The Little Mermaid crossed with souvenirs from Miyazaki's youth. "We used to have tin toys that would float in the bath," he says, "and I thought it might be good to revitalize some old-fashioned toys like that. So I started thinking of a goldfish." The young fish, named Brunhild, is swimming with her sisters in Miyazaki's sea when she escapes this seeming paradise, floating up to the surface and getting her snout stuck in a jar. A 5-year-old boy on the shore yanks her out. He is Sosuke (voiced by Frankie...
...unusual to be able to do that at Harvard.” Despite this isolation, Clark rose to the enormous challenge of filling in the technical gaps in HRDC’s often ambitious projects. “Theater technicians are like water. Tech theater is like goldfish,” Clarks says. “You know how goldfish will grow to fit their bowl? So do we, kicking and screaming.” Clark has gone beyond the basic requirements of “growing to fit the bowl.” He sacrificed a spring break...
...Chinese Communist Party. Now he lives under virtual house arrest, his every move observed, every visitor screened by a handful of guards, every conversation presumably monitored. The Communist Party would clearly like him to fade into oblivion, to live out the rest of his days caring for his goldfish and taking walks in the park. But Bao Tong has no intention of going quietly. (See pictures of China on the wild side...
...There was no fraud involved. This person is a dead fish.' BETH NUDELMAN, a Chicago resident, after her deceased goldfish Princess received voter-registration forms in the mail; the family once jokingly filled in the pet's name when it got a second phone line...
...expected. Switzerland already has animal protection laws ad absurdum. Last month, a set of laws went into effect that require canine owners to take a four-hour course before buying a dog, anglers to take a course on how to catch fish humanely, and pet owners to protect goldfish privacy by not having tanks be transparent on all sides. Only in a country that has discussions on goldfish privacy can the inherent dignity of plants be seriously considered.Nonetheless, how can a group of well-educated individuals produce an ethical stance as silly as giving dignity to plants? Explanation can partly...