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...harder for us to evacuate before a storm because of gridlock. And in much of the developing world, people don't get the kinds of early warnings that Americans get. So large migrant populations - usually living in flimsy housing - get flooded out year after year. That helps explain why Asia has repeatedly been the hardest hit area by disasters in recent years...
...bunny brass band, with a tuba and trombone, marches by. I glance at my cousin and see the light sparkling from his eyes. "See?" says the oldest man at Burning Man. At last he'd found his inspiration. "This is the kind of thing you could never explain...
...number of the wealthy agree with the interviewee who said, "I have a Chevrolet taste on a Mercedes income." The contemporary wealthy shopper, say the authors, is "the logic shopper" (70%) whose middle-class upbringing leads to a focus on value and due diligence before a purchase. That may explain why the retail store most likely to have been shopped in by this demographic is Target (80%). Why pay more for the same roll of toilet paper...
...read a magazine required a measure of variety-showmanship. Manny's earlier writing had many of these qualities (as well as many others that Time had little use or space for). That must be why he was hired - that and, I'll bet, Agee's recommendation. It could also explain why he wanted to be there...
...different pathogens individually. Evidence shows it's important to get a regular tetanus booster, for example. Still, our new study may suggest another angle to look at things, which is how long do memory B cells last for this or that? Maybe there's some underlying biology that could explain why one thing might last longer than another...