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...mile or two, and their vehicles take a lot more punishment than they do. During last year's VORTEX run, for example, Davies-Jones and his partners were charged with the task of placing Turtles--canisters weighted with lead and packed with temperature and pressure gauges--in the path of an oncoming tornado. As it turned out, the twister swerved and missed the Turtles. But the softball-size hailstones that followed found their mark--smashing a windshield and a rear window. Another time, Davies-Jones' partner, concentrating on a tornado that had just been sighted, slammed into a drainage ditch...
...actually happen, scientists suggest, is that a sudden drop in air pressure forces the wood to expand, allowing the straw to lodge in newly opened cracks). But even with all they've learned about the physical forces that power the creation of twisters, meteorologists still cannot say beforehand what path a particular tornado is likely to take or how much damage it is likely to do. That's what makes these fearsome creatures so fascinating and so deadly. And such natural Hollywood stars...
...result, poorer parents often expect children to concentrate in something than can be applied to a future career path--an expectation which may run counter to their children's academic interests...
...liked Harvard of all the six schools I applied to, so I went here anyway," he says. His older sister opted not to follow the clan's well-worn path, and is now at New York University...
...Fitzsimmons says the admissions staff is particularly impressed by students who have had to face difficult barriers on the path to college...