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...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...
...rest on its laurels. In spite of receptivity at the highest levels of government, lower strata of the hierarchy—arms handling the day-to-day work of carrying out the Government’s new regulations, don’t seem to be lending so generous an ear, Casey says...
Children's ear infections can be quickly cured, but there may be lasting effects. In a study of more than 7,500 kids ages 2 to 11, University of Illinois at Chicago scientists found that children who suffered three or more ear infections in their lifetime were twice as likely as children with no ear problems to have asthma. It's not clear what the two diseases have in common, but one possibility is that the bacteria that cause ear infections may play a role in the development of asthma. It could also be that the antibiotics used to clear...
...switch in attorneys and approach can be traced, sources tell TIME, to a rift in the family and the growing influence of Michael's younger brother Randy, 42, who has supplanted Jermaine as the brother most involved in the case. "Randy's got his ear right now," says a knowledgeable source. The brothers have been at odds before. When Jermaine left the Jacksons temporarily in 1975, Randy replaced him; years later, they had a tiff when Jermaine threatened to withdraw from a 2001 reunion concert. People close to the family see Randy as a more stabilizing influence than Jermaine...
...days as a member of Buffalo Springfield, Manassas and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSNY), and lost some hearing after decades on the road in front of a stack of amps. Audience members frequently had to repeat their questions as Stills left his seat and approached them, cocking his ear to catch even a snippet of the questions asked. But he has the same sharp intelligence that captivated listeners in the Summer of Love, the same earnest dedication to peace, justice and cool that came through on so many not-quite-protest songs in those years. It took Stills...