Word: snapper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Snapper...
...taking a coffee break. Philip Bender chimes in. "They're not working for us in Washington," he says, paying for a cinnamon bun. "We're little peons to them. They don't give a dang about whether we make it or whether we don't." Bender, 79, an eye snapper in his orange Sunglo hat and cherry-red windbreaker, didn't bother to tune in to the trial. "I kept the TV off yesterday," he says. "I was working on my books to see if I could go another year...
Punting throughout the afternoon was an adventure, as long snapper Nathan Dean's first chance in the opening quarter sailed over Giampaolo's head and forced Harvard to take a safety. And in the second quarter Dean's snap hit the upback in the punt formation for an 11-yard loss and excellent Tigers field position...
Princeton got ahead on a 36-yard field goal by Alex Sierk. On the ensuing possession, Harvard's long snapper, sophomore Nathan Dean, sailed a punt snap way over Giampaolo's head. The future game-winner scored his first two points for the other team, running out the back of the endzone for a safety and a 5-0 Princeton lead...
...dead and dying animals that constitute this so-called by-catch? Most are simply dumped overboard, either because they are unwanted or because fishery regulations require it. In 1993, for example, shrimp trawlers in the Gulf of Mexico caught and threw away an estimated 34 million red snappers, including many juveniles. By contrast, the annual catch of red snapper from the Gulf averages only around 3 million fish. Indeed, so many snappers are being scooped up as by-catch that the productivity of the fishery has been compromised. Fortunately, there is a solution. Shrimp nets can be outfitted with devices...