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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sweetest pleasures is savoring the dying wriggle of a freshly peeled live shrimp on the tongue. Cooked or raw, the shrimp has for centuries occupied a place of honor in Japan's pantheon of epicurean ecstasies. Lately, however, that wriggly national hero has become a mere prawn in the hands of Japanese commercial interests. Because of huge Japanese demand, shrimp prices round the world are jumping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Bidding Up Shrimp | 1/3/1972 | See Source »

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