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This is not a scene from a 1950s sci-fi film, but a bizarre aftermath of Hurricane Allen, which early in August inundated coastal areas that were bone-dry because of drought, causing salt-marsh mosquito eggs to hatch. Suddenly the mosquito, slightly larger at ¼ in. long than the common backyard variety, became a major plague. So far, the insects have killed at least 49 cows and horses but no humans, though several Texans have been chased indoors or into cars by the voracious bugs...
...formulating his ideas on the camera as a Harvard student, Edwin Land '26 opened a research laboratory in Cambridge. In late 1947 or early 1948, the instant camera was developed. Several months later, in November 1948, the first Polaroid cameras went on sale at the retail counters of Jordan Marsh...
...next 100 years of Cambridge history is marked by slow, steady growth. All the land to the east of Quincy and Bow streets, extending through what is now Cambridgeport, was known as The Neck--acres upon acres of pastures, woodlands and marsh used only for farming. And in the other direction, Cambridge was an assortment of far-flung towns. At its greatest length, in 1651, the town was in Higginson's words, "long and thin, as becomes an overgrown youth, measuring 18 miles in length and only a mile in width. It is shaped like a pair of compasses...
...though," Pitkin says. The Planning Board might turn thumbs down on the new plans-but they seemed happy with news of the compromise at an informal meeting last week. Or, it might turn out after all these years that two feet under Parcel 1B there is a gigantic marsh ready to swallow any development...
WETLANDS. Those low, swampy areas along the East and Gulf coasts are better preserved than drained and built on. They absorb floodwaters and provide food for millions of minnows and shrimp, which in turn feed larger creatures. An acre of salt marsh in Georgia produces ten tons of dry organic matter every year, vs. just four tons for the most fertile hayfield. Nonetheless, 40% of the nation's wetlands have been destroyed by public and private development. Yet this attrition is slowing: as the natural benefits of wetlands become better understood, laws are being passed to protect them. Even...