Word: sharked
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...himself. In Louisiana, he stripped to his boxers on a populated street on the side of the Mississippi River, screaming that he was being attacked by ants (which was true: they crawled over him with the purpose of an army). In New Orleans, he tried to beat a pool shark at his own game. And in Nashville, he let his Blackberry sit in his pocket while he focused on bigger things. Toby Keith’s power over him was so strong that weeks later, when I met up with him in D.C., he seemed to light up just talking...
...eating exotic animals and using them for ancient medicines are practices deeply rooted in Chinese culture. There have been fleeting signs of change. In June, the soon-to-open Hong Kong Disneyland took shark's fin soup off the menu following public protests over the damage that widespread consumption of the popular Chinese dish was doing to global shark populations. During the 2003 SARS crisis, wildlife activists dared to hope?briefly?that real change was possible. Scientists concluded that SARS had passed from wild civet cats to humans, most likely because the civets are a popular winter dish in China...
...BASKING SHARK, the second largest shark in the ocean, is endangered because its fins are a popular ingredient in shark's fin soup, which can fetch as much as $100 a bowl in Hong Kong...
...Rodr?guez, nacido en San Antonio, TX, de ascendencia mexicana, prefiere mantenerse fuera de Hollywood y conduce Troublemaker Studios en Austin, TX. Sus sangrientas cintas, la primera fue El mariachi, y alegres fantas?as -la ?ltima es The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl en tercera dimensi?n- han ganando m?s de $565 millones. Su triunfo ha facilitado el camino para una nueva generaci?n de cineastas, tales como el chileno Nicol?s L?pez de veinte y pico de a?os, que est? causando conmoci?n en Hollywood con su pel?cula, Promedio rojo. Pero Rodr?guez, de 37 a?os no est? preparado para hablar sobre su legado...
...watched a group of dolphins assemble around a female swimmer the researchers later learned was exhausted to the point at which she was afraid for her life. "Conversely," Frohoff says, "I have been 'abandoned' [by dolphins], where all of a sudden they'd disappear and I'd see a shark...