Word: lobsters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation's fresh-fish markets last week braced for trouble. The U.S. consumes approximately 1.47 million lbs. of fresh fish daily, including Pacific Coast salmon, Maine lobster and Florida red snapper. Most of this must get to market in no more than a few days after it is caught, to help guard against spoilage. The Landlock Seafood Co. of Dallas has sold about $6 million worth of fresh fish this year to 175 different hotels, restaurants and supermarkets in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Company President Richard Polins says that he may soon start bringing fish overland from Boston...
...from the open window's the B-52s and their tender ballad. "Rock Lobster, blare. That isn't all: people are playing catch with beer kegs, tossing them out the third floor window to friends waiting on the ground. And that isn't all; inside the Winthrop House suite they are playing football, tackle football, and there is a large bole developing in one wall. When the House Master orders them to stop, they offer him a beer: when the senior tutor calls the police, someone hears the sirens, gets the idea there is a fire, and empties every extinguisher...
...evening, with the bride and groom safely off, the Queen just might drop in on Lady Elizabeth Shakerly's rout. Lady Elizabeth discovered that rout is an 18th century term for what lesser mortals might call a blast. "I don't dare do something with caviar and lobster because I can't afford it," the Lady explains. "I am having scrambled eggs and bacon from 7:30 on." She is dishing it up at the ballroom of Claridge's, a location that, unlike the menu, could not have been chosen for reasons of economy...
...Forbes' 126-ft. yacht Highlander, but only after Navy and police divers had combed the ship's hull for explosives. Cruising up the Hudson with the Prince and the First Lady were some 60 other guests. They lunched on all-American fare: Long Island duckling, cold Maine lobster, California strawberries in New Jersey heavy cream. "Nobody got seasick," said Prince Charles, patting his stomach, "but I ate too much...
...deadlock was immediately obvious when the 13 ministers sat down Sunday evening in a private hotel dining salon for a secret preconference dinner. While the delegates ate lobster mousse and lamb noisettes, Yamani bluntly laid out the Saudi terms. The stonewalling response by cartel hard-liners led Conference Chairman Subroto of Indonesia to confess later that little remained except to "get through two days of meetings...