Word: franciscos
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...clearest lesson from Katrina is that plans are not enough. They must be put into practice. Preparation matters. Even in the chaos of 1918, people who knew what to expect and had been trained did their duty, often in heroic fashion. San Francisco was the only major city in which the local leadership told the truth about the disease. It organized emergency hospitals, volunteer ambulance drivers, soup kitchens and the like in advance. There, although fear certainly showed itself, it did not paralyze. If we prepare well enough, we won't need heroes; we'll just need people doing their...
McKinley, on the other hand, grew up in San Francisco, California—the sport’s heartland. She started playing club volleyball when she was in sixth grade, and then dedicated herself in high school...
...hard work paid off: San Francisco University High won the state championship her sophomore year and was runner-up the subsequent year. McKinley was a decisive factor, earning all-league honors three times and picking up an all-state nod as a junior...
...chance to come back the third time and see if he can do it. That's part of what's driving him. Google isn't going off to do that just because he has a personal vendetta. But that does play into the mix.?-With reporting by Amanda Bower/San Francisco...
...always had the feeling that there’s only so much of Harvard I can even get to know,” Francisco Perez ’06 tells me. “People make so many assumptions [that] you have money, it’s amazing. If you don’t have it, then you’re not going to be able to participate...