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...Beat 'Em, Eat 'Em "Operation: Kill Kermit" [Aug. 28] reported that the French park service is killing North American bullfrogs that have become an ecological menace. Although China and France are rivals in creating fabulous cuisine, as an ordinary Chinese, I have a humble suggestion to the suffering French: Why use armed hunters to kill thousands of troublesome bullfrogs? It is not half as effective as whetting the appetite of the community and showing people how lucky they are to be living among so many exotic delicacies. Jim Hsia Shanghai
...understand why I should spend nearly $5,000 on something that has no advantage over a good bicycle, which is inexpensive and environmentally friendly and provides good exercise, with no battery to charge. Alberto Fumagalli Carugate, Italy If You Can't Beat 'Em, Eat 'Em "Operation: kill Kermit" [Aug. 28] reported that the French park service is killing North American bullfrogs that have become an ecological menace. Although China and France are rivals in creating fabulous cuisine, as an ordinary Chinese, I have a humble suggestion to the suffering French: Why use armed hunters to kill thousands of troublesome bullfrogs...
Live in a natural-wine-free locale? A bottle, or more probably a case, is just a few keystrokes away. You might start your search with the websites of importers Jenny & François (worldwide wine net) Louis/ Dressner (louis dress ner.com and Kermit Lynch (ker mit lynch.com) However you get a bottle, once you develop a taste for artisanal wine, it may be hard to return to your old favorites. But that's just fine, because as more drinkers demand such wines, more winemakers will take the plunge and go natural...
Soon after the Inauguration of his successor, William Howard Taft, on March 4, 1909, Roosevelt and his son Kermit sail to Africa, where they spend nearly a year shooting animals for the Smithsonian. In early 1912, T.R. announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, but the party renominates Taft--even though Roosevelt won all but one primary and caucus. The new Progressive (Bull Moose) Party promptly adopts T.R. as its candidate. That October he is shot while campaigning in Milwaukee, Wis., but gives a 90-min. speech before seeing a doctor. Democrat Woodrow Wilson is elected...
...also at work. There could not have been a more literal legacy than the 1953 coup engineered by the U.S. to oust Mohammed Mossadegh, the Iranian Prime Minister who attempted to nationalize Iran's oil industry. The CIA officer in Tehran who choreographed the overthrow was Roosevelt's grandson Kermit...