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That neurological process might explain, in part, the urge to stay put in crises. "Most people go their entire lives without a disaster," says Michael Lindell, a professor at the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center at Texas A&M University. "So, the most reasonable reaction when something bad happens is to say, This can't possibly be happening to me." Lindell sees the same tendency, which disaster researchers call normalcy bias, when entire populations are asked to evacuate...
...Chicago gang's accounting books found that street-corner crack dealers in the 1980s made less than minimum wage. They stayed in the job because they aspired to rise through the ranks and make six figures--which only a few top leaders ever achieved. In other words, the authors explain, "the gang's wages [were] about as skewed as wages in corporate America...
...let’s leave it to the filmmakers to represent their over-caffeinated, half-crazed festival. This line is from “Kombat Kitchen,” in which the producer of an extreme cooking show is attempting to explain its popularity: “We know what the people want; a little ‘T&A,’ a little violence, and a whole lot of eating...
...Staff. Since then, Schoomaker, a former Delta Force commando who's fought all over the world, has been busy creating what both men want: a completely reorganized ground force with smaller more versatile fighting units. Schoomaker, 59, sat down with TIME's Sally Donnelly and Douglas Waller to explain the challenges of changing the Army - and working for a very demanding boss...
...with Howard Dean, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and you asked him, “Why did George Bush win the last presidential election?” Dean’s answer would sound a lot like a TV weatherman’s. He would anecdotally explain what he thinks he’s seen, or he would just tell you what you want to hear—and you’d wonder whether he actually knows what he’s talking about...