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...acres of trails and trees combined with a splendid view of Boston proper. Swimming is allowed at Houghton’s pond for those so inclined, though there aren’t any signs to remind you that shrinkage will occur. Halloween on the Harbor at Georges Island From Saturday, October 25 to Sunday, October 26, a Halloween-themed Fort Warren will be open for tours, as will the national park and beaches. The festival and activities are free although there is a $14 fee for the ferry ride. Tougas Family Farm The farm is open every day from...
...reminded of bath time as a child in my grandparents’ enormous tub. I would slide down on my back, submerge my whole body and then lurk there, grinning, until with luxurious slowness I let my stomach rise from the water. The smooth expanse looked like an island; I imagined my belly button as a lake. Each of my two knees would emerge in turn like mountains from the deep...
...Fast Facts: • Krugman, 55, grew up on Long Island. As a child he developed a keen interest in science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov, whom he credited in a 1995 essay with nudging him toward the study of economics
...threats to wildlife on the African island of Madagascar are manifold: rampant deforestation that has stripped most of the island of its original forest cover, leaving a wasteland; a human population that is growing at 3% a year, straining natural resources and hunting animals for food, especially Madagascar's emblematic lemurs; extractive industry, including a nickel mine not far from a national park that could become the world's biggest...
...much to ask the G-7, which normally reserves its energy for pointless but massively expensive annual summits in deluxe resorts like Heiligendamm, Germany, or Sea Island, Georgia, to take dramatic steps to address the financial crisis that is sweeping the world. But we should at least expect that the seven most powerful national economies would not make things worse at a moment of global need. Or should...