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My guide (the new guy) steered my half of the kayak directly into the huge rock at the top of the water hazard.
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Dr John Twigg, a researcher at the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre of University College, London, says most governments invest in post-disaster response and very little in making people secure.
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The court clerk explained that the Securicor van carrying them from police custody was stuck in traffic - one hazard of starting proceedings at the height of the rush hour.
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Does this give us enough information to hazard a guess at the performance of the broader market?
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Childs said service orders on at least two occasions warned of the hazard in Maseth's quarters, and "two simple electrical 101s" should have been checked out by electricians.
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In a country where roadside shrines have not become mere architectural curiosities, faith does not seem endangered by the perils of travel, or by the fear of stampeding pilgrims, a common hazard at India's religious gatherings.
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This may sound creepy to some, but it opens the door to mobile devices providing users with highly personalized benefits, from a special offer on a package you are looking at to a warning of a hazard on the road ahead.
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The rebuilding effort also represented a chance to create infrastructure improvements that would have helped the economy directly, such as investments in transportation, water and power systems, according to Arthur Levner-Lam, director of the hazard center at the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
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In any case, the problem of moral hazard can never be eliminated, only suppressed (at a cost).
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Answers to these questions will contribute to a better assessment of the earthquake hazard and risk in a region where more than 50 million people are at risk from future earthquakes and associated landslides and outburst floods.
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