Word: tornados
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...Indeed, financial markets greeted the change without a fuss. But much like the famous butterfly of chaos theory, which flaps its wings in Brazil and sets off a tornado in Texas, Beijing's decision portends momentous consequences for the global economy down the road. Scrapping the dollar peg is widely seen by economists as the first step toward a free-floating, and much stronger, yuan. If the yuan continues to appreciate, China's new currency policy could reorder global trade and investment, boost the power of Asian consumers, and address global trade imbalances. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow...
Number of deaths caused by tornadoes in the U.S. from April through June, the first peak tornado season since 1950 with no fatalities...
Average number of tornado fatalities during this peak period...
...this Arkansas town of 819, an hour's drive north of Little Rock, were called up for duty in Iraq by the Arkansas National Guard; one more was called by the Air Force Reserve. It was a blow not just to the weekend warriors-who were more accustomed to tornado cleanup than fighting-but to their families and Bradford's civic life as well. The town's big projects-to update the water system, jail the local methamphetamine dealers and make a clean sweep of the junk in people's yards-slowly stalled. Given fears for the town's soldiers...
...head. "My highs are real high and my lows are real low. It's like a light switch, my mind." Hoping that other soldiers will seek help, he's open about taking Paxil, an antidepressant, for posttraumatic stress disorder. Loud noises-even test runs of the town's tornado siren-unnerve him. He has deactivated all the alarms in his home and even the seat-belt warnings in his cars. "Get into my car and there's no ding-ding," he says...