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...less wind shear - that is, fewer winds blowing across the path of hurricanes, which tend to disrupt their formation and growth...
...after their speeches. “There was something at the core of each essay which is the same regardless of circumstances,” Green said. The scholars said they remain committed to fostering the social change that they envisioned in high school. Although Ron Brown Scholarship winners tend to matriculate at universities across the country, a contingent consistently heads to Cambridge. At least two Ron Brown scholars will join Harvard’s Class of 2010. In addition to Johnson and Yiadom, current Harvard undergraduates featured in the book include Immanuel R, Foster...
...only 17 humans had been confirmed killed by the huge reptiles. But in the five days leading up to Campbell's death, two other women had been partly eaten by alligators. Three deadly assaults in the space of a week seemed like too much of a coincidence. Floridians, who tend to be casual about their state reptile, were suddenly hypervigilant to a danger that seemed to be lurking in every body of freshwater bigger than a bathtub. Calls to hotlines skyrocketed, and all over the state people were asking themselves what could possibly be going...
...destroying them won't prevent future attacks. Officials say the best ways to avoid becoming dinner for an alligator are not to feed the animals, which can lead them to lose their natural wariness; to stay away from the water's edge at dusk and dawn, when the creatures tend to hunt; and to be generally wary in and around the water. "A little gator common sense," says state-certified trapper Todd Hardwick, "takes you a long...
State governments, which tend to offer generous health-care benefits, may find those numbers appealing. A bill in the West Virginia legislature sponsored by delegate Ray Canterbury outlines incentives for the public employee health-insurance program that are similar to Blue Ridge's. Hospital administrators attending the legislative session when the bill came up for a hearing in February nearly gagged, says Canterbury: "They were not happy. But I didn't expect them to be. The point is to make them face competition...