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...points out he's already proved doubters wrong by being the first to propagate yellowtail kingfish; he has about 5,000 tons of growing fish in offshore pens at Arno Bay. But tuna can be trickier to deal with. "You look at a fish wrong," he says, "and they keel over." Still, he has no doubt he'll succeed. "We have run the marathon," he says. "We're stepping into the stadium. Even if we fall now, we will crawl inch by inch...
...Vatican II meant even more to a generation of devout but restless young people in the U.S. Rather than a course correction, Terrence Tilley, now head of the Fordham University's theology department, wrote recently, his generation perceived "an interruption of history, a divine typhoon that left only the keel and structure of the church unchanged." They discerned in the Council a call to greater church democracy, and an assertion of individual conscience that could stand up to the authority of even the Pope. So, they battled the Vatican's birth-control ban, its rejection of female priests and insistence...
Most of the baby boomers, though, will be dead by 2041. I was born in 1964, considered the final year of the boom, and according to the Social Security Administration, I should expect to keel over by the end of 2042. So it's not we boomers but long-run trends in immigration, fertility and life expectancy that are projected to leave the program chronically short of funds after that...
...course. Her sharp, native--New Yorker wit and sarcasm don't stay hidden under the hem for long. "I say things like this, and people take it and say, 'Vera hates fashion.' And I'm trying to be funny, because if you don't laugh, you're going to keel over...
...open flame by preparing food for pampered city folk on their overnight rides. Don’t want to lose all the fun facts you learned in Life Sciences this year? Join the crew at Barnacle Busters of South Florida and perfect your marine biology while scrubbing the keel of the yacht you one day hope to own. Or steal. Whatever. A bit of a homebody? Can’t get enough of the balmy Boston summer? Keep in touch with that good old college spirit while attending Red Sox home games as an alcohol compliance officer. Just imagine...