Word: mosquitoe
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...first half of this year-will publish its last edition on Aug. 16 unless the paper's eight unions agree to $5 million a year in cutbacks. The announcement brought a hush to the usually bustling newsroom. Said Bulletin Columnist Rose DeWolf: "You could hear a mosquito buzz...
What inspires these people to take to the wilderness? Why do they lug 50-lb. Packs over mile after blistery mile, mosquito-bitten, sweaty, dizzy from the heat or the altitude? Why do they suffer bitter nights on rocky ledges under freezing drizzles...
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...
...Animal Liberation, deny that a human may be more worthy of respect than a zebra or mosquito. What I condemn as "speciesism" is the attitude that the interests of animals of other species are less important than similar interests of humans. Humans have many interests that zebras and mosquitoes don't-their careers, the pursuit of knowledge, artistic interests-and these may entitle them to extra respect. But these interests cannot justify forcing animals to lead miserable lives in today's factory farms just because we like the taste of their flesh...
...municipal services like police and fire departments. "The property tax is a killer," says Edward Chenevert, library director in Portland, Me. Complains Dale Perkins, 46, library director for California's San Luis Obispo County: "We are just one sixty-fifth of the county budget-right in there with mosquito abatement...