The Eastern Seaboard megalopolis extends from New Hampshire to Alexandria, VA.

And we see such interdependence even more clearly in their economic performance: China’s annual GDP growth rate, for example, will slow by two percentage points this year, owing to sluggishness in the United States and the EU.

If they incline to think you dangerous, / They have their knaviſh Arts to make you ſo.

He gets such a kick out of his victory, that his foot gets stuck inadvertently in his wingpit. “There it is, written in black and white—printed, no less!” On account of his still-stuck foot, Owl relishes his triumph in a precarious balance on a branch.