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...every thought is filled by the image of Sohil, running along a narrow lane between Qumayon?s two houses, as the walls bulged and burst into rivers of rocks and dust, swallowing the boy. ?We kept trying to dig him out,? says Qumayom, ?but every time we went back, the ground would shake again and we would run away.? He adds, blankly: ?We were afraid...
...going to spend $40,000 on a car, I want you to know what I'm driving," she says bluntly. Yet Murphy, 42, has a nagging worry: she has been reading and hearing about all sorts of reliability problems afflicting recent Mercedes models, from engine failure to unsightly brake dust. "All my life I wanted to have a Merc, and unfortunately, now that I can finally afford one, they're in the tank," she says. At a Mercedes dealer in Atlanta, the sales staff even joked about reliability, she says, noting that Mercedes still beats Kia cars in reliability tables...
...general, however, fire alarms on campus are not activated by such resolvable problems; rather, they’re caused by a myriad of random events, such as a bag of popcorn that burned in a microwave, an accumulation of dust in a basement, or other such unpredictable circumstances. Fire detection systems aren’t human beings, and they will react to these types of occurrences as they would to a real fire hazard. Realistically, the sensitivity of fire alarms cannot be reduced without somehow compromising student safety, which is, of course, the overriding concern...
...could technically move in anytime, but the loud fans, plaster, and dust made it inconvenient and uncomfortable,” said Mishra...
...students, in fact, began having breathing problems because of the dust, Nichele M. McClendon ’06 said...