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...population density and virtually nonexistent building codes can lead to death tolls in the tens of thousands during a strong quake. That was clear during the May 2008 earthquake in western China, when some 20,000 children and teachers were killed in the collapse of shoddily constructed schools. "What happened in China happens too often," says Yanev. "They think it can't happen here, until it does, and they're not prepared." Twenty years later, the lessons of 1989 are clear - we just have to heed them...
...Whether anything adverse would happen in the concentration people are exposed to in the indoor environment is a question mark right now,” said Vorhees, who explained that buildings are examined for PCBs only on a case-by-case basis. “Nobody, as far as I know, has done a systematic survey of buildings...
...keeping out the sadness,” a responsibility he confidently takes on for fear of being eaten. With this, he begins to mold his chaotic new kingdom into an idealistic one where, in his words, “only the things you want to happen, would happen”—albeit fleetingly...
...we’re immune from sexually transmitted infections.” says Jia Hui Lee ’12, political chair of the Harvard College Queer Students and Allies. “The reality is that we can’t assume that it doesn’t happen. These support systems are very, very important...
...available to students and to everyone,” Grace says. “I think it’s an important thing for the university to consider. Among other things that’s one of the shifts that I’m hoping to see happen...