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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...works, Meyer repeats under his breath, over and over, "No biting, no biting, no biting..." The object of his mantra gapes below us--a foot-wide crescent studded with hundreds of razor-sharp, serrated, half-inch-long triangular teeth. This fish is only half-grown--an adult tiger shark can surpass 14 ft. in length--but it could easily take off a hand or an arm, or a chunk of torso you wouldn't want to try and live without...
...what has amplified the destructive power of modern fishing more than anything else is its gargantuan scale. Trawling for pollock in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska, for example, are computerized ships as large as football fields. Their nets--wide enough to swallow a dozen Boeing 747s--can gather up 130 tons of fish in a single sweep. Along with pollock and other groundfish, these nets indiscriminately draw in the creatures that swim or crawl alongside, including halibut, Pacific herring, Pacific salmon and king crab. In similar fashion, so-called longlines--which stretch for tens of miles...
...crack down on overfishing in U.S. waters. Perhaps even more impressive, the U.N. has produced a tough-minded treaty that promises to protect stocks of fish that straddle the coastal zones of two or more countries or migrate, as bluefin tuna and swordfish do, through international waters in the wide-open oceans. The treaty will take effect, however, only after 30 or more nations ratify it--and even then, some question how diligently its provisions will be enforced...
Seeking to protect fellow citizens from depravities ranging from TV violence to rap lyrics, from Uncle Tom's Cabin to Howard Stern, some Americans have always had a hard time restraining themselves from trying to circumvent the First Amendment. And the World Wide Web, with its infinite plenitude of pro-Satan home pages and SEXY NUDE BABES! sites, has more, um, free speech in need of protection than any medium in history. As lurid tales of online obscenity seep into America's consciousness, a variety of Internet sentinels have volunteered their services...
President Neil L. Rudenstine said he considers Sen's scholarship influential. "Sen is a major figure internationally for his wide-ranging intellect. He is a teacher at all levels, among colleagues as well as students," Rudenstine said...