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...include knitting mills and building abattoirs for the Falklands' unutilized cattle and mutton (some 23,000 sheep carcasses are thrown away each year because of a lack of markets). Some islanders also hope to open up new grazing lands, market such island delicacies as upland geese, sea trout, salmon and crabs, and develop the Falklands' seaweed beds...
...across a quarter of the North American continent, the lakes are an important artery for commerce, allowing ships to ferry such products of the American heartland as grain, steel and timber to countries around the world. They also are a major sport fishery for such species as lake trout, salmon and muskellunge and an aquatic playground for vacationers. Environmentalists used to fear that some of the lakes were dead or dying, but the era of mindless dumping has finally ended, and the water's purity seems to be improving from year to year...
There are no big meanings here; no big laughs, for that matter, either. Instead, there is a mild, but admirably stubborn singularity. Gregory's Girl does not offer anything as thick as slice life, just slivers of it, cut thin as smoked Scotch salmon. And tasting just as sweet . - By Richard Schickel
...places along the boulevard, the sun's slanting rays silhouette the remaining palms. And in the familiar salmon glow of a Western sunset, one can almost see a jaunty Charlie Chaplin, high-stepping up the boulevard, on his way, perhaps, to the ballroom of the Garden Court...
...enthusiasm of the planners has not allayed widespread fears. The project's opponents say it would wipe out great expanses of forest lands and close off such historic ports as Arkhangelsk. In addition, the diversions would flood northern agricultural lands, temporarily halt river traffic and, by denying salmon and other river-breeding species their fresh-water spawning grounds, wreck flourishing fisheries. Severe problems may also come from the thick ice expected to remain well past winter in the new reservoirs. By retarding the spring thaw, the freeze-up could cut the already brief northern growing season by two weeks...