Word: zealander
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...date, only four countries--the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Canada--have implemented any sort of shark-management plan, and only a handful have enacted laws protecting especially vulnerable species. Probably the most comprehensive undertaking is the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service's Atlantic shark-fishery management plan, which since 1993 has limited the catch of 39 species in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. The plan sets annual quotas, bans finning and mandates species-specific tracking programs to help scientists. "It's having an impact," says NMFS's Rebecca Lent. "The 1996 assessments show that...
...Galaxie 500 (Harvard Bands, Part One). This year, three Harvard alumni re-released their Sterling Morrison-influenced pop albums from the late '80s. Headed by New Zealand's Dean Wareham (now of the band Luna), Galiacie 500's Rykodisc release included the debut Today, On Fire and This is Our Music...
...kind of class where you are forced to confront what it is like to be a part of the identity group you are a part of, and how it affects how people perceive you," says Andrea R. Zealand, who was a student in the class. "It isn't the type of class that can be passed on to other people...
...Riverdance and its spin-off has been remarkable. Lord of the Dance began its U.S. tour this month with 13 sold-out performances at Manhattan's 5,854-seat Radio City Music Hall. Having made its debut in Dublin last June, it reached New York City via London, New Zealand and Australia. Riverdance now maintains two touring companies, and producers are putting together a third. The show will return to the U.S. in September after a string of sold-out performances last year. Riverdance the CD won a Grammy last month and remains the top-selling album on Billboard...
...remarkable assertions--that someone is still cashing his mother's Social Security and Veterans Administration checks, and that someone is placing charges of about $1,000 a month on Robin's American Express Gold Card. Most damaging to the American Atheists, he claims that interest from the infamous New Zealand "trust fund," from which they contend Jon removed the $629,500, is not listed on their tax returns. "It is my belief," Murray adds darkly, "that funds were moved from accounts by an unknown person after the date they actually vanished." Murray, who once described his mother's actions...