Word: mackerel
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...shots will be needed for full treatment. Norden Laboratories says the high costs are needed to pay for the nearly $2 million that has gone into research for the leukemia vaccine. Still, many people are likely to consider the treatment a bargain if the cat is a champion silver-mackerel tabby worth $2,500 or a $3,000 ruddy-coated Abyssinian. Or just a favorite alley...
...cold waters of the South Atlantic than the navy's minesweepers. Moreover, the fishing boats are designed to travel long distances and are equipped with fish-detecting sonar equipment that is also capable of tracking enemy ships. One of the trawlers hastily unloaded a cargo of mackerel last week, then left for the battle zone...
...purebreds, at $150 for a pet. Although it looks docile, the fluffy Persian insists on attention. It also poses regally, a large, long-haired decorating accessory. About 50% of the purebreds sold in the U.S. are Persians. The breed comes in 34 colors and patterns, such as silver-mackerel tabby and dilute calico. Equally exotic is the price. A pet-quality animal can run to $350, and a kitten promising a grand-champion future can go for $2,500. The controversial Ragdoll may resemble a long-haired Siamese in color but not in temperament. Unlike the Siamese, it is docile...
Scientists know almost nothing about raising young belugas-when, for example, to wean the calf and begin giving it a regular diet of mackerel and herring...
...master tends to assign his novels a topic. In The Mackerel Plaza it was the state of religion in the U.S. I Hear America Swinging concerned the manner and mores of the newly liberated male; Comfort Me With Apples chose the form of parody for a series of hilarious lectures on modern literature. Here, sexual harassment is the ordure of the day. Voluptuous, innocent Daisy Dobbin, an investigative reporter, is sent undercover into New York offices to collect evidence for her feminist editor Bobsy Diesel. But it is the leathery Bobsy who does the harassing, vigorously attempting to seduce Daisy...