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...more unique perks of working on the canal: "The ultimate souvenir, however, was a shark tooth. Occasionally canal workers would find one in the dirt dislodged by dynamite, a souvenir from millions of years past when the two oceans were still connected. Such a lucky canal worker would then mount the tooth and wear it proudly on a black watch fob. Reginald Beckford, who worked for a time in a jeweler's shop, remembered mounting many shark teeth for West Indian clients...
...they presented her with the traditional golden Pudding Pot, Andersson and Compton required Zellweger to complete tasks including seducing a “proper British gentleman” by answering questions testing her knowledge of “British idiosyncratic slang” and providing the voices for a shark and a bee. In addition to the Pudding Pot, Zellweger was given a more practical gift—a pair of adult diapers, to mock her for being in the bathroom when her name was announced during the 2000 Golden Globe Awards. Andersson and Compton presented the gift, which...
...Hong Kong is all about the old-school icons: go to Victoria Peak, have tea at the Peninsula hotel, get invited to someone's box at the Happy Valley races. Loaf around the lobby of Jardine House, which appears in the series as Struan & Co.'s headquarters. Partake of shark-fin banquets and black-tie suppers of foie gras and lobster. Travel only by limousine, yacht and helicopter. As you conduct this princely progress, adorn your speech - as the characters are all wont to do, even if nobody in Hong Kong ever does - with copious references to "joss" (luck, from...
...people. Muzaffar's account appears to amplify other published reports - except in greater detail. He said Thai security forces first forcibly detained him and hundreds of other refugees offshore and then towed them back into international waters in a motorless barge, where they were at the mercy of the shark-infested sea. More than 300 people who were with Muzaffar are missing; they are all believed to be dead...
...Australia Shark Rampage! Maybe Are there more sharks, more swimmers, or is it all just a coincidence? Three nonfatal attacks in two days sparked panicky headlines in Australia, where shark attacks kill an average of one person a year. (The last fatality was on Dec. 27.) The assaults raised fears that warmer weather and protection policies might be increasing shark populations...