Word: trout
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...this so-called blue revolution may not reach U.S. shores for a while. Although gene scientists in the U.S. have been tinkering with a variety of marine creatures--not only salmon and trout but also carp, catfish, tilapia and shrimp--these efforts are drawing criticism similar to that directed at genetically modified foods. Opponents, who complain about the fertilizers and other pollutants released into coastal waters by the fish farms, are especially concerned about the potential impact on the gene pool. They note that domesticated fish regularly escape from their pens into the wild and breed with native stocks, upsetting...
...fish? At least when the Red Wings fans throw octopi on the ice, there's a symbolic connection between the eight legs and number of wins that used to be needed for The Cup--what the hell does the trout represent...
...hundred years isn't all that long, and your world must look a good deal like ours, if not in its devices and architecture, then in the small signs and gestures. A woman in Rhode Island wants to paint a flower. A man in Wyoming wants to catch a trout. He, somewhere, wants fame and love. She, somewhere, wants children or revenge. Everybody wants. What do you want? What should we want...