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Word: shellfish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shellfish beds in Texas have been closed eleven times in the past 18 months because of pollution. Crab fisheries in Lavaca Bay, south of Galveston, were forced to shut down when dredging work stirred up mercury that had settled in the sediment. In neighboring Louisiana 35% of the state's oyster beds are closed because of sewage contamination. Says Oliver Houck, a professor of environmental law at Tulane: "These waters are nothing more than cocktails of highly toxic substances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Dirty Seas | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

...venison with wild mushrooms and a cream-lightened game sauce. Only the spaetzle are too dry, and the classic Swiss potato pancake, roesti, lacks the , characteristic crispness. Nearby is the stunning Milanese postmodern setting at La Grotta. Avoid its overly creamy concoctions and bizarre combinations of meat and shellfish in favor of more traditional pastas and simply sauteed veal or fish dishes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats Potlikker to Profiteroles | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

...might guess that his dogs, if he had any, would be named Bromide and Quinine, that he would marry a brilliant and cranky actress and that he would make his last journey on earth in a load of shellfish. But it is not this magic element of predictability in a writer's destiny that concerns us but the stamina and courage he brings in an effort to vary this magic...

Author: By W. CALEB Crain, | Title: Carver's Quiet Brilliance | 7/12/1988 | See Source »

Officials said the university still caters to the needs of kosher diners, who do not eat pork and shellfish because it contradicts the dietary laws set forth in the Bible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brandeis Denies Turmoil Over Menu | 12/12/1987 | See Source »

Brandeis introduced pork and shellfish in one of the university's two dining halls this September in an attempt to "establish an international kitchen facility which will better serve Asian and other ethnic and religious groups' preferential tastes," according to a report by the committee which approved the change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brandeis Denies Turmoil Over Menu | 12/12/1987 | See Source »

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