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...Decibel level of Brood X periodical cicadas, back this summer in the Eastern U.S. after a 17-year absence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jun. 7, 2004 | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

They're not locusts (which are a type of grasshopper), but for much of the Eastern U.S. this year, they're certainly a plague. Some cicadas appear almost every year, but the Brood X periodical cicada, as scientists call this variety , is the big one: the world's largest insect swarm. For the next five weeks, sidewalks will be littered with crunchy brown shells, ant treetops will be buzzing with an ear-splitting screech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're Baaack | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

GOOD EATIN' They're filled with protein, and people say they taste like cold asparagus. But most of Brood X will end up providing a smorgasbord for a variety of wild creatures, including songbirds, snakes and spiders. The cicada's primary defense is its vast numbers. Predators can gorge all they want, but they'll make only a dent in the cicada population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're Baaack | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...Cicada (Brood x) 17 years Queen honeybee 7 years Monarch butterfly 6 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're Baaack | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

This is not a knock on a show that has been the unwanted child in a brood of Sondheim hits that stretch from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum to Into the Woods. No, he's raising the alert level for good, practical reasons. Back in 1991, just before Assassins opened off-Broadway, the first Gulf War broke out. The patriotic climate was not ripe for a musical that showcased nine killers and would-be killers of U.S. Presidents; the show got mixed reviews and never moved to Broadway. A decade later a new, Broadway version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: In the Cross Hairs | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

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