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3/21: Nature holds its own against an oily invader
Branches bared by winter were no match for the sun, which beamed through their fragile defenses to the footpaths below.

2/29: Developing a coastal husbandry
Seen from a satellite at night, it is the world's coastlines that shine most brightly. It is here that people and their infrastructure are concentrated. Thus, coastlines are the primary habitat of our species. When defined to include a strip 50 miles wide along the shores of the world's oceans, seas and great lakes, coastal regions contain about 60 percent of all the world's people -- all crammed onto a mere 3 percent of the inhabited land space.

2/5: How to get between the devil and the deep blue sea
Our topic today is language maritime, and it begins with a discussion of the renowned Italian-American linguist, Popeye.

1/29: Little was in its place for Mickey and Salty Brine
All of us are upset about the oil spill along our shores, but one of us may have more reason than the rest to complain.

1/25: On Golden Pond, they fear effects of the oil spill
On Golden Pond, sorrow laps the shore.

1/23: EDITORIAL: The big spill
There are two issues in the devastating oil spill on a South County barrier beach last Friday: the grounding and the spill. The latter is a consequence of the former, and, saddened as we are by hundreds of thousands of gallons of heating oil befouling our beautiful and valuable shore and Block Island Sound, our attention must be focused sharply on the causes of the grounding.

1/21: If you've heard a loon, you'll know why he went
In the end, the confrontation was as simple and as complex as this: Friday night's maritime disaster pitted a 340-foot steel colossus against a 5-pound bird.

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