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...fingerlings to a suitable size (due to the cannibalistic nature of trout) or stock with a suitably sized fish which will not be taken by larger fish or birds. Regarding the "poisoning the trout in its lakes and rivers" statement, it is true that the government has introduced the nem:ba Act, in which the Federation of Southern African Flyfishers has been involved on a consultative basis. A pilot scheme has been put in place on an 18-km stretch of a trout stream in the Western Cape in this regard. The idea of "lakes, dams and rivers overflowing" with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capturing the Moment | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

...nearly 18 months, Prague economists and apparatchiks have been hard at work on "NEM"-a New Economic Model for the nation designed to liberate the Czech economy from the worst rigidities of Stalinist central planning and to introduce widespread Western profit incentives for factory managers. Though the plan has yet to be unveiled, last week Prague's Central Committee published a 19,000-word preamble to NEM that was remarkable in its candor about past mistakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Czechoslovakia: Crowning Failure | 12/31/1965 | See Source »

...show, when it developed that Marlene did mind, Zsa Zsa was forced to yield the film. "All right, we'll give it to you," ran her stormy response. "What do you think he could do with it? He couldn't sell it for a pengö." Nem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 31, 1964 | 7/31/1964 | See Source »

...proposal to strike revolvers from the list of controllable weapons was passed nem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Armaments | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

...Furber then introduced the marking system as the topic for discussion, and presented a scheme designed to provoke discussion of the various points. Various opinions were expressed, and an interesting overhauling of minor points maintained. The following resolutions introduced by Mr. Merriam were passed, nem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meeting of Conference Committee. | 1/14/1886 | See Source »

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