Word: waughs
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...important to be vigilant, according to William Waugh, professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies/Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. But it?s equally important to not overreact, says Waugh, an expert on international and domestic terrorism and the author of "Terrorism and Emergency Management" and "Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters." TIME.com spoke with Professor Waugh about what the alerts mean - and how we should respond to them...
...TIME.com: Does it make sense for the government to announce the changes in alert levels to the public? William Waugh: Well, it could probably be argued that we've been on alert since September 11th, 2001, so I'm not really sure this change has changed anything. All of our emergency response teams were already on highest alert before the warning, and I don't think there's any way to ramp up from there, either in terms of manpower or budgets...
...seen world of religious Jews; of brain cancer; in Merion, Pa. Potok's novels repeatedly addressed the struggle between religious devotion and love for the secular world, a tension he experienced as the son of Orthodox Polish immigrants who deemed his work frivolous. Inspired by the writing of Evelyn Waugh and James Joyce, whom he read on the sly as a teenager, Potok, unlike religious skeptics Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, lovingly depicted the tight-knit, insular yet culturally rich community of the Orthodox and Hasidim...
...Toronto. In June it announced franchise agreements for 30 stores in Australia and New Zealand, and expects to name its British and Spanish partners soon. Other likely foreign locales include Japan, South Korea and Mexico. "We're ready, and we know where we want to go," insists Phil Waugh, executive vice president for worldwide development. Waugh says the company is already eyeing other European sites, but the first two beachheads were obvious ones. Britain is always high on location lists when American retailers venture into Europe, mainly because of supposed cultural similarities and a somewhat common language. And Spain...
...sleeping in the streets waiting for the stores to open," says Kathleen Heaney, an analyst at Brean Murray & Co. And unlike Americans, who enjoy starting the day with sweet cakes, Europeans' breakfast tastes tend toward the savory. After all, a British breakfast tradition is a kipper, a smoked herring. Waugh insists it's wrong to consider Krispy Kreme doughnuts merely a morningtime food. "That's the great thing about our product, they can be eaten throughout the day." In the U.S., 40% of its sales occur after...