He thought Tyre an economically thriving but insufficiently holy place that should be reduced to nothing more than a fishing village with plenty of open space to "spread fish nets" to dry.

FORBES: Land Of Strife

He's happy to get away to gaze at sunsets from his Tuscan villa, golf near his Kauai spread or fly-fish for salmon in Alaska.

FORBES: Harvest Time

On a typical game day, the players are provided with a "potpourri of just about anything you'd want to eat" for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and a dinner spread of chicken, steak or fish, pasta, salad and vegetables, Hina said.

WSJ: Louisville: Winning With a Helping of Grease and Sugar��NCAA Tournament

The hosts spurned another kickable penalty to go for a close-range lineout and their gamble paid off when the ball was spread right for teenage full-back Fish to touchdown in the opposite corner.

BBC: Cardiff Blues 38-6 Glasgow

In Chicago, chefs have turned Asian carp into ceviche and chowder in an attempt to curb the rise of the plankton-devouring species, which has spread to Great Lakes since escaping from US fish farms in the 1970s.

BBC: Hunting possums �C and ecological balance �C in New Zealand

An electric barrier in a shipping canal near Chicago is meant to keep them from migrating into Lake Michigan, where scientists say they eventually could spread to the other Great Lakes and out-compete native fish for food.

WSJ: Study: Asian carp unlikely to stow away in barges

These oceans, and the fish that live there, are full of plastic, reduced to confetti, incessant from shore to shore, spread out like a spoonful of sand across a football field, over two-thirds of the Earth's surface.

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