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Do not go gentle. (First Draft).(Editorial)
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Cadence
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June 1, 2003
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- Williams, Arnie
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Maybe it's because I'm back in Texas where I was raised pretty much in a corridor known as tornado alley, but I have been thinking lately of how puny our people-made structures seem to be in the face of nature. As I write this, the mid-west has experienced more violent storms and death-wielding tornados than at any time in its history. How does a population defend itself from these admittedly natural, yet devastatingly powerful calamities?
In tornado alley in the old days, no one who could afford it would build a home that didn't either have a basement or a storm cellar. But that's not really designing a nature-proof structure; that's just creating an add-on that one can ...
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Twisting Roots Rock, BBQ Into Tornado Alley
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Eve Zibart;
787 words
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Companies partner to make aircraft faster, more powerful.
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490 words
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The community's MVP; David Porter, whose backyard court has become a...
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787 words
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EXPERTS WANT IND. INCLUDED IN TORNADO ZONE
Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);
October 29, 2007 ;
The Associated Press;
276 words
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Getting the Blues, but Seriously
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Eve Zibart;
787 words
......Aug. 3 (and Aug. 10, if necessary) at Tornado Alley; the winners of those rounds will go...the Blues Society (202/828-3028) or Tornado Alley (301/ 929-0795). Meanwhile: FRIDAY...August & the Hot August Knights at Tornado Alley ($10; 301/929-0795). IT'S WHIV IN PENTAGON...
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Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of the Great Plains
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;
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787 words
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Drumming Up Support at Tornado Alley
The Washington Post;
November 27, 1992 ;
Eve Zibart;
582 words
......Big Joe Maher and more, Wednesday at Tornado Alley ($10 plus donations; 301/460-4328 or...new release Friday and Saturday at Tornado Alley ($6; 301/929-0795). SATURDAY A PEACE...hopes Kevin Johnson & the Linemen at Tornado Alley ($5; 301/929-0795). @Slug: N22DOC
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Adverse winds at play in Tornado Alley
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July 23, 2006 ;
Gil Smart;
771 words
......3,500 of his own money to create "Tornado Alley," a basketball half-court behind his...neighborhoods around. Two years later, Tornado Alley still packs 'em in and Porter is as...overreacting, which could spell trouble for Tornado Alley, and the positive impact he and others...
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Friendly Rivals
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83 words
...Shown above are members of the Tornado Alley (wearing white) and Chester Housing Authority...Chester scored a 62- 52 victory over Tornado Alley, which got 16 points from Jameer Ladson. Tornado Alley, of the D. Lee Basketball League, travels...
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Twisters take random paths
Chicago Sun-Times;
March 29, 1991 ;
Lou Ortiz;
165 words
......southwest of Chicago, the heart of "tornado alley" isn't located there. Although four...state climatologist Wayne Wendland. Tornado alley extends through the central Plains...and, in fact, there is no "heart" of tornado alley. The tornadoes that hit Plainfield...
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The Pop Season
The Washington Post;
September 12, 1993 ;
787 words
......Nixon at 9:30 club. 17 - Son Seals at Tornado Alley; Kix at Bayou; Concert to Benefit the...Highway 61 and Big Mike Griffin at Tornado Alley. 19 - Bluebird Blues Festival with...John Delafose and Eunice Playboys at Tornado Alley; Slim Dunlop at 15 Mins.; Chris Whitley...
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In Tornado Alley
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
April 4, 2004 ;
TODD C. FRANKEL;
787 words
...In Tornado Alley, storm chasers brace for their busy...In a hotel lobby in the heart of Tornado Alley, four men watched radar images scroll...place in the world to chase than Tornado Alley, a 10-state region centered on Oklahoma...
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A TORNADO RISK AT DIA? THE ISSUE: WEAK TWISTER REVIVES OLD CONTROVERSY...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);
July 16, 1996 ;
348 words
......facility sits smack dab in Colorado's Tornado Alley, in casual disregard of passenger...the extent that Colorado even has a Tornado Alley, it is a much weaker version of the real Midwest Tornado Alley and runs east of DIA. Generally speaking...
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