Word: marsh
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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...
...floor higher, Ford told Barrett and John Marsh, a former aide in the Ford White House, about his meeting with Reagan. He felt flattered, honored-and pressured. He and Betty joined two dozen other friends on the yacht Global Star, owned by John McGoff, a Michigan newspaper publisher. Among the guests was Alan Greenspan, a Ford friend and his chief economic adviser in the White House...
...Ford party, including Greenspan, left the yacht and went back to the Ford suite. Although Ford had a commitment to appear early Wednesday on the Today show, he sat patiently through nearly two hours of informal chats about joining the ticket. The group, including Political Aides Barrett and Marsh, was joined by Kissinger, his wife Nancy and son David, 18. Ford led Kissinger into another room, where the two talked privately for 45 minutes...
...began an eleven-hour-long sequence of shuttle meetings between the Reagan and Ford staffs on the Plaza's upper floors. The Ford team consisted of Greenspan, Kissinger, Barrett and Marsh, all of whom had worked in the White House. The Reagan team consisted of Casey, Meese and Pollster Richard Wirthlin, none of whom had White House experience. Only Casey had headed anything as large as a federal agency (the Securities and Exchange Commission). Tackling an immense problem too late, and faced with an artificial convention deadline only a few hours away, the two groups worked at cross purposes...
...Patricia Blake. Reported by Marsh Clark/Hong Kong and Gregory H. Wierzynski/Washington...