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Even with good maps, there's no guarantee that the public will get the word about landslide hazards, or that state and local governments will take action to discourage or prevent building in dangerous areas.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: About Action Area Building Dangerous Discourage Even Get Good Governments Guarantee Hazards Landslide Local Maps No Guarantee Prevent Public State Take Will Word

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Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Building Burning Dangers Even Firefighters Go Ignoring Inside Needed Saved Sometimes Where

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The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: About Economic Effort Inform Interests Landslide Often Powerful Public Risks Runs Scientific

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Sammy Sosa grew up without a father in the back of a converted public hospital in San Pedro de Macoris, a dusty seaside town in the Dominican Republic. His father, Juan Montero, died when Sosa was 5.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Back Converted Died Dominican Republic Dusty Father Grew His Hospital Juan Public Republic San Town Up Without

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With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Better Drown Fire Firefighters Gear Go Longer Surround

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After every massacre in a school, Americans grasp at quick cures. 'Let's install metal detectors and give guns to teachers' Let's crack down on troublemakers, weeding out kids who fit the profile of a gunman. Let's buy bulletproof whiteboards for the students to scurry behind, or train kids to throw erasers or cans of soup at an attacker.'

~Bill Dedman

Topics: After American Behind Bulletproof Buy Cans Crack Cures Detector Down Every Fit Give Grasp Guns Install Kids Massacre Metal Out Profile Quick School Soup Students Teachers Throw Train Troublemakers Who

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Cincinnati attracted its first permanent white settlers by flatboat in 1788. It took its name from the Society of Cincinnati, an organization of Revolutionary officers. That name came from Cincinnatus, the Roman farmer and general.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Attracted Came Cincinnati Farmer First General Name Officers Organization Permanent Revolutionary Roman Settlers Society Took White

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NBC News found that FEMA has redrawn maps even for properties that have repeatedly filed claims for flood losses from previous storms. At least some of the properties are on the secret 'repetitive loss list' that FEMA sends to communities to alert them to problem properties.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Alert Claims Communities Even Fema Flood Found Least List Loss Losses Maps Nbc News Previous Problem Properties Repeatedly Repetitive Secret Sends Some Storms Them

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Nuclear power plants built in the areas usually thought of as earthquake zones, such as the California coastline, have a surprisingly low risk of damage from those earthquakes. Why? They built anticipating a major quake.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Area Built California Coastline Damage Earthquake Earthquakes Low Major Nuclear Nuclear Power Plants Power Risk Surprisingly Those Thought Why Zone

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The senior thesis of Hillary D. Rodham, Wellesley College class of 1969, has been speculated about, spun, analyzed, debated, criticized and defended. But rarely has it been read, because for the eight years of Bill Clinton's presidency it was locked away.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: About Away Because Been Bill Class Clinton College Criticized Debated Defended Eight Hillary Locked Presidency Rarely Read Senior Thesis Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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