Word: flooded
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...band appears as—surprise!—themselves. Unfortunately, all these changing costumes only remind us that the Chili Peppers have been stuck in the same musical-historical rut for the past 10 years. “Dani California” sounds like any of the flood of MTV-friendly, moderately funky, poppy singles that have come off of the band’s last three albums. And it’s too bad that the song’s so lousy, because the video’s concept and execution are solid. The Chili Peppers...
...primary will be held this Saturday. Some at the meeting came from New Orleans families. They talked about the possibility of contacting former Gulf residents who had relocated to Cambridge. Sara C. Ehrhardt, a first-year at the Kennedy School of Government, had dedicated her spring break to researching flood mitigation and creating a plan for advocacy. Some 20 other Harvard graduate students had also worked in the community with her, and she and two others—one considering a doctorate, the other studying at the Law School—had come to the meeting as well to share...
...line. The main purpose of such a system is to ensure that no runner is lost, but public health officials say they hope to use the Boston Marathon as a test of the patient tracking system. Officials hope to implement a similar system to respond to disaster situations that flood hospitals with casualties, according to Ridley. Hurricane Katrina, for example, created chaos in New Orleans when government officials and families had no way to access information about patients being treated in area hospitals and makeshift medical tents. Giving all incoming patients a bar-coded bracelet would alleviate the chaos...
...world's undisputed superpower, but the gap is narrowing. Why look upon America with awe or fear when an endless trail of foreign leaders and corporate titans now flocks to China to grab a piece of the action and to pay their respects? Likewise, Chinese see the flood of less exalted foreigners arriving on the mainland in search of employment, business opportunities or the chance to learn Mandarin. They see, too, the way China's leaders are f?ted with increasing pomp and ceremony on trips as far afield as Germany, Africa, Australia and the U.S. Indeed, even Washington now looks...
...Communism is Good, Capitalism is Bad" in the Young Pioneers Weekly, a newspaper I read avidly from age 7 to 12. The column ran two stories side by side, one taking place in China and one in America, with similar scenarios: an old man getting sick, say, or a flood devouring a town. The Chinese tales ended happily, as fairy tales do; the American ones showed a renjian diyu, a hell in real life...