Ministry Suspends Grape Imports After Black Widow Find
The Ministry of Agriculture has suspended grape shipments from a warehouse in California after a poisonous black widow spider was discovered in a storage warehouse in Feilding last week. WELLINGTON 27/8/2001 - The Ministry of Agriculture has ... [... more]
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Adam Gershenson
Pool-playing legend Jeanette Lee--"the Black Widow," who wears only black during tournaments and devours her opponents--explains every aspect of playing to win, from holding the cue to performing combination, kiss, and trick shots. Lee shows ... [... more]
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Judith Kelman
The papers dubbed beautiful Thea Harper Westport a Black Widow. They said she lured Senator Simon Gallatin to her home for a night of deadly passion. But psychiatrists insisted it was a short circuit of the mind, a rare seizure disorder, that had ... [... more]
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Gordon Grice
Gordon Grice's writing about the black widow spider has appeared in High Plains Literary Review and Harper's. It has been anthologized in Houghton Mifflin's Best American Essays 1996 and in college readers. Grice teaches humanities and English at ... [... more]
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HortNews - Govt Rules Out Banning Grape Imports
The Government today rejected calls to ban the importation of Californian grapes following the discovery of a black widow spider in Auckland, the third such find in as many months. WELLINGTON 19/10/2001 - The Government today rejected calls to ... [... more]
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HortNews - MAF Suspends Imports Of Californian Table Grapes
Officials are stopping the import of California table grapes because of safety and environmental concerns, after four live black widow spiders were found in the grapes in recent months. WELLINGTON 7/11/2001 - Officials are stopping the import of ... [... more]
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MAF Seeks Public's View On Grapes, Black Widow Spiders
Biosecurity and health officials are seeking the public's views on whether imports of American table grapes should be resumed. WELLINGTON 14/6/2002 - Biosecurity and health officials are seeking the public's views on whether imports of American ... [... more]
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HortNews - Fourth Black Widow Spider Discovered On Grapes
A live black widow spider was found in a bunch of Californian table grapes in a Nelson supermarket last week, the fourth such find in as many months. WELLINGTON 5/11/2001 - A live black widow spider was found in a bunch of Californian table ... [... more]
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Third Black Widow Found In California Grape Imports
The third black widow spider in as many months has been found in a carton of California table grapes in Auckland. WELLINGTON 17/10/2001 - The third black widow spider in as many months has been found in a carton of California table grapes in ... [... more]
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HortNews - Black Widow Found In Grapes
A Kaitaia woman found a black widow spider in a bunch of grapes she bought from a store in the town on Thursday - the second black widow find in New Zealand in less than a month. WHANGAREI 17/9/2001 - A Kaitaia woman found a black widow spider in ... [... more]
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Jane Kurtz
Jane Kurtz grew up in East Africa and has recently traveled and spoken at schools in both East and West Africa. On two childhood visits to the United States, she found many things to worry her. (One was black widow spiders, which she was sure ... [... more]
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