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Most of the Christians had fled inland to the Christian stronghold of Jezzine and south to the Israeli security zone before the advancing militias swept into their villages. Christian leaders, however, claimed that 70 people, mainly the elderly who stayed behind, had been slaughtered. Indeed, the invaders, in the first flush of victory, shot at anything that moved, including dogs and donkeys...
...tectonic plates are continually on the move, bumping and grinding against each other to produce earthquakes and mountains, or separating to tug apart land masses and rearrange the oceans. When sea levels change, they reasoned, animal habitats in low-lying areas may be destroyed, or the climate farther inland may grow more extreme...
...fever. Poor fools myself included who insist that it is spring just because the calendar tells us that it is April Just the other morning Rich Heller wisely warned us that it was going to be only partly sunny and that although it might be in the 60's inland, those near the coast must grapple with 50 degree weather Sometimes I wonder why anyone would want to be an accuweather meteorologist. Sure you get a lot of phone calls, but ultimately people curse you or simply ignore you. Rich Heller must know something that...
...restaurants. Now Americans are hooked on fish. They are ordering not only such old standards as sole, salmon, striped bass and swordfish but the more exotic species as well. Restaurants and markets across the country tally big increases in sales of shellfish and finfish. The experience of Inland Seafood Corp., a wholesale distributor of fresh and high-quality frozen fish in Atlanta, is typical. "Our sales have increased about 20% every year over the past four years," says Bill Demmond, vice president in charge of purchasing. As the demand increases, so does the marketability of what used to be considered...
Even a traditional steakhouse like the Palm reports 5% to 15% increases in fish sales at its branches in New York and other cities. Always popular along the coasts, seafood is now gaining favor inland as well. Jimmy Lynch's 8th Street Seafood Bar & Grill in Des Moines serves 60 to 70 dinners most evenings, three-quarters of which are seafood, a count that doubles on weekends. Lynch receives three air freight shipments of fish a week, totaling 400 to 500 lbs., including such bizarre specimens as monkfish and shark...