Word: tarpon
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...about the Caribbean custom of doing as one pleases, then asking "forgiveness, not permission," but when he's repeatedly denied permission to land his seaplane in the waters along his route, he obeys. And when he's flying near the island of Carriacou and sees a "lost tribe of tarpon" in the sea below, he wants to "get the Albatross wet" but doesn't. "To even attempt to obtain permission ...we would have to fly back to St. George's and immerse ourselves in a nightmare of red tape." The author of A Pirate Looks at Fifty...
...week. Not since the first delirious, mistaken weeks after V-J day had there been so much expectancy--with caution, this time--for peace. The fishing was good too. In the gulf, off the coast of Louisiana, speckled trout were swarming in the bays and bayous, and tarpon appeared a full month earlier than usual. Said Bill Tugman, editor of the weekly Reedsport (Ore.) Port Umpqua Courier: "The salmon are running and the trout and striped bass, and they even say the shad feel like taking a fly this year. Let Moscow do its worst...
BORN: July 16, 1930, Tarpon Springs EDUCATION: U of Pittsburgh, B.S., 1959; U of Florida, J.D., 1963 FAMILY: Wife, Evelyn; two children RELIGION: Greek Orthodox MILITARY: Air Force, 1951-55 OCCUPATION: Lawyer; restaurateur POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1982- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1077, Tarpon Springs...
...networks of new-car dealers, these discounters are extending the concept to autos. The clubs refer members to dealers, who agree to sell vehicles at a fixed amount over cost. At Sam's Club, where 32 million members pay up to $25 a year, Mildred and Dan Padberg of Tarpon Springs, Florida, figure they saved at least $1,000 on the $22,000 Buick LeSabre they bought last November. "It was an attractive price compared with what we would have received from our own bargaining," says Dan, a retired economist...
Then in April 1988, a load of Brazilian cedar boards arrived in Tarpon Springs, Fla., aboard the freighter Amazon Sky. DEA alerted Tampa Customs that an informer had reported drugs were aboard. Inspectors drilled holes in stacks of lumber planks, but found nothing. At the last moment, a Customs man saw a crew member drop a plank and glance about nervously. The inspector drilled into the board and hit white powder. The seizure was a record 3,270 kg of cocaine, but just 700 of the 9,000 planks held any drugs...