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...1960s, fishermen adopted a more devastating technique called long-lining, which makes catching swordfish cheaper and quicker. Hundreds of baited hooks are attached to a line that stretches dozens of miles and is set horizontally above the continental shelf at a depth where swordfish congregate. Anything that bites usually gets hooked and often suffocates--mainly swordfish but also sharks, sea turtles and other marine species. Most worrisome is that much of the catch consists of small swordfish, averaging 90 lbs. At this size, females have not reached reproductive weight or age. In 1995 an estimated 58% of the Atlantic swordfish...
Ever cautious, Greenspan warned in October that labor markets were tightening at an "unsustainable" pace. And he has never recanted his belief that the Fed should tighten credit mildly at the first signs of renewed inflation. But for now the Asian crisis has put on the shelf any plans for an interest-rate boost. Maybe the good times can roll a little longer...
Just in time. For the Zone has become the diet of choice for many world-class athletes and has reportedly hooked celeb dieters Madonna, Howard Stern and Bill Clinton, though the White House is keeping mum. Considering the short shelf life of most fads, the Zone has reached adolescence gracefully. In Southern California it has mushroomed from a life-style choice to an industry. Life Zone, a health club devoted solely to putting people on Zone diets, has seen 1,500 customers in the past two years enlist in its 12-week program. At the bistro L.A. Farm...
Past the double-door main entrance stands a four-shelf display of books written by Harvard affiliates and books published by the Harvard University Press. Other displays on the main floor include general interest items such as calendars, coffee-table books and works on the New York Times bestseller lists...
True to form, the Coop Bookstore has a shelf with both William J. Bennett's The Book of Virtues and one bearing the title, The Best American Erotica...