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Cultural arena: Indulgence is a fireside read
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THE days between Christmas and New Year are a time for old
friends, old amusements, old movies, old books; a time for
withdrawal, for repose, for welcoming short afternoons, and early
evenings by the fireside, a time for another viewing of Casablanca or
Meet Me in St Louis or The Gold Rush.
As for reading, the book should be familiar, not too demanding,
and preferably set in the past; a book to read in a comfortable
chair, even to snooze over, a book that accompanies a good cigar or
pipe. Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees is ideal.
It's episodic, so there is no plot or strong ...
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Conch farming Caribbean entrepreneur'S UNDERWATER ADVENTURE
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...Islands -- Chuck Hesse doesn't look like a conch farmer. He wears khaki shorts and walks barefoot...he is founder and CEO of the world's first conch farm. The inventory at the Caicos Conch Farm numbers 5 million, and Hesse has become...
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Conch Out Fever; More Than 500 Triathletes-in-Training Meet
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...your training schedules) because the Conch Outs are getting ready to take over the...information I now pass on to you. If you are a Conch Out but missed the meeting, please read...seriously training to participate in the Conch Man Mini-Triathlon on Grand Bahama Island...
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Conch Farm Puts Out Welcome Mat in Key West, Fla.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 10--The conch is finally coming back to the Conch Republic. Mote Marine Laboratories, a research organization based in Sarasota, is opening the new Conch Farm along the Key West Bight today. Though not...
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CONCH MEAT MAY NOT BE PRETTY, BUT IT'S A CARIBBEAN DELICACY.(FLAVOR)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...Byline: BETTY DOUGLASS, SPECIAL TO FLAVOR CONCH (pronounced konk), is also known as...and parboiling. On Caribbean islands, conch is served raw with lemon, onion and minced...cocktail or minced and made into chowder. Conch is harvested throughout the year off the...
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Cornucopia for Conch Outs
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...volcanic mountains on its way to San Juan. Conch Outs, I thought, are going to like it...Thomas-are going to be the site of three Conch Out events in 1989 and hopefully into the...will host our events from now until the conch shells come home. And then there are the...
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Key West, Fla., Conch Farm Plays Important Role in Replenishing State's Stock.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...glowing tanks that make up Key West's new Conch Baby Farm. Tucked behind a seafood restaurant...one of the few places in the world were conch stocks, while depleted, aren't gravely threatened. Conch, the symbol of Key West and favorite fritter...
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Honk If You Like Conch
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Conch, the seafood of sunny mananas, has brought...restaurant off Route 236 may drop its popular conch fritters because too many customers taste...bar with plastic leis, and suddenly the conch fritters of vacations past seem hopelessly...
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The status of queen conch, Strombus gigas, research in the Caribbean.
Magazine article from: Marine Fisheries Review
; History of Queen Conch Research Today there are approximately 230 published scientific papers on queen conch, Strombus gigas. Publication on this...published to document the rapid depletion of conch stocks throughout the Caribbean Sea. Second...
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DECLINE IN CONCH POPULATION MEANS LOSS OF NATURAL TREASURE.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...Turks and Caicos Islands A day's work for conch fishermen on this British West Indies island...resources. Since Wilson hooked his first conch two decades ago, the mollusk's rubbery...European markets. Pink-hued, spiral conch shells are a staple in souvenir shops...
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Translocation as a strategy to rehabilitate the queen conch (Strombus gigas) population in the Florida Keys.
Magazine article from: Fishery Bulletin
; Abstract--Queen conch (Strombus gigas) stocks in the Florida...harvesting this species since 1985, the local conch population has not recovered. In addition, previous work has reported that conch located in nearshore Keys waters are incapable...
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