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When hell freezes over

Article Abstract:

The Dept of Labor reported that the most dangerous occupation in America is commercial fishing. The deadliest job is snow-crab fishing in the Bering Sea. One fatality is reported every week which makes it far beyond those of other professions.

Author: Finkel, Michael
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1998
Accidents, Fishing, Fishing (Recreation), Occupations

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Complications

Article Abstract:

The illegal international organ-trafficking market is complex and well organized. The business deals almost exclusively in kidneys which can sometimes be purchased for as little as $1,000 from sellers in Iraq and India.

Author: Finkel, Michael
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
International, Laws, regulations and rules, Finance, International aspects, Cover Story, Organ transplant recipients, Kidneys, Kidney transplantation, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Organ transplantation, Tissue transplantation, Transplantation, Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Tissue donation

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Crazy in the Congo

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A description is presented of the activities of a group of westeners who are attempting to protect the wildlife of the Chinko River in the Congo Basin from Sudanese poachers.

Author: Finkel, Michael
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 2000
Environmental aspects, Congo (Kinshasa), Poaching

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