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...offers a typical story: "Early in the morning, after studying in the mosque, I went for firewood. Because we are poor, we can't buy wood. I didn't know there are minefields. When I opened my eyes, I was in the hospital without my legs." The simplest impulse is perilous. Rahmat Khan, a school watchman, describes how a breeze blew his hat across a playground. He chased it, tripped a mine and lost both legs...
...simplest explanation is that tornadoes form when a smaller, even more rapidly rotating updraft descends from the mesocyclone like a vacuum cleaner's nozzle. To the eye, this is exactly what appears to be happening. But while scientists agree that the updraft is essential, many doubt that it provides the sole mechanism for tornado formation. Some scientists think the rapid sinking of colder, dryer air near the rear flank of the storm may be key. If this rush of air encounters wind shear on its way down, then it too will start to rotate. In this scenario, a tornado occurs...
...simplest reply to the last question may be, "Yes. Answer the first...
...common, experts say. Some 15 million Americans suffer from this chronic affliction of the airways that can make the simplest act of breathing laborious and can leave a person suddenly wheezing and gasping for air--especially during hot summer months. The number of Americans diagnosed with asthma has grown alarmingly in the past several years. Since 1990 alone, the number of cases has jumped 50%. Even more alarming, the death rate, which had declined steadily during most of the 1970s, has been rising sharply since 1979. No one knows for sure what is behind the increase, but a prime suspect...
...Zydeco performer, is a superb accordionist who sings in both English and French. A quiet man who habitually sports a big, black cowboy hat, Delafose taught himself to play the accordion at age 13. On his first solo album, French Rockin' Boogie, he shows his ability to take the simplest melody and then, as he puts it, "add the lacing" to turn a foursquare tune into a surging, syncopated dance. "I'm pretty traditional," he says, "but I can step it up when I want...