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...Alewife is a variety of river herring that swims up the Charles each spring to spawn. (“Welcome to the Jungle,” 2/26/2004...
...past eight years. Before moving to the home, Van Andel-Schipper lived alone and made sure her diet was right. "She was a good cook," Beijering says, "and would take the time and effort to prepare healthy meals. She's very partial to the traditional Dutch raw herring." Her other great passions in life are soccer - she's an ardent fan of the Amsterdam club Ajax - and royalty. She says one of the highlights of her life came in 2001, when she was invited to tea with Queen Beatrix. "I considered it a great honor," Van Andel-Schipper told...
...puffins and hundreds of razorbills, shags and great skuas. And roughing it is definitely not on the itinerary: crew members aboard the 12-m vessel, the Dunter 3, serve a champagne lunch, complete with Shetland-grown strawberries, salad from Wills' own garden, and smoked mackerel and marinated herring from the locally famous Shetland Smokehouse. For more information, visit www.seabirds-and-seals.com...
...example of regulators trying to control an unruly market. With a total capitalization of only $121 billion?far less than half of Microsoft's current market cap of $295 billion?the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is dominated by small investors who spook as easily as a school of herring, causing volatile price fluctuations. During a roaring market last year (the Thai market's 116% gain in 2003 was tops among the world's exchanges), regulators tried to put the brakes on rampant speculation by tightening day-trading rules...
...device company Psion and cell-phone operating-system vendor Symbian, which he left in 2002. His idea for AQA flashed a year ago at Lord's cricket ground in London. While England was playing South Africa, Myers was struggling with a crossword puzzle that wanted four letters for a herring. "I sent a text to someone and got my answer [shad]," he says. "I thought, This is neat-let's press...