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Saffir-Simpson scale
Saffir-Simpson scale , standard scale for rating the severity of hurricanes as a measure of the damage they cause; it is based on observations of numerous North Atlantic Basin hurricanes. First developed in the late 1960s by Herbert Saffir, a structural engineer, to quantity potential damage from... Read more |
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Storm Surge
Storm surge A storm surge is a rise in water level caused by a combination of wind and low atmospheric pressure. It is the most destructive force of a hurricane (an intense cyclone that forms over warm tropical oceans; called a typhoon when it occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and adjacent... Read more |
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storm
storm disturbance of the ordinary conditions of the atmosphere attended by wind, rain, snow, sleet, hail, or thunder and lightning. Types of storms include the extratropical cyclone , the common, large-scale storm of temperate latitudes; the tropical cyclone, or hurricane , which is somewhat... Read more |
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Debris Flow
Debris flow Debris flow is a process in which water-saturated masses of material ranging from sand grains to boulders move across low slopes. These flows range from gently flowing sand and water slurries to violently surging bouldery masses, and include events described as debris slides, debris... Read more |
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tidal wave
tidal wave term properly applied to the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth. The wavelike upstream rush of water caused by the incoming tide in some locations is known as a tidal bore . In popular usage the term tidal wave also is often applied to any destructive wave or to high water... Read more |
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bloodshot
bloodshot Applied to eyes, this refers to visible blood in or behind the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva is supplied by minute blood vessels. Redness is apparent if these are dilated by irritation or infection; actual sub-conjunctival bleeding — a bloodshot eye — may accompany this or... Read more |
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Yosef Albo
ALBO, JOSEPH(c. 1380–c. 1444) The Spanish-Jewish preacher and philosopher Joseph Albo was the last major figure of the philosophical surge in medieval Jewry. Little is known about his early life; he was probably born at Monreal, in the kingdom of Aragon, and he asserted that Hasdai Crescas... Read more |
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Bankruptcy reorganization
I NTRODUCTION S ome psychologists have suggested that there is something within the human psyche that craves monsters and mysterious creatures. For some individuals, the very idea that vampires, werewolves,and chupacabrasare out there, lurking in... Read more |
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Shopping surges, but stores still on edge
...But the spending surge may not be enough...to meet holiday sales goals in what has...s State Street shopping corridor to scoop...Wisconsin's Wausau Center Mall, said she started holiday shopping two weeks ago and...finish their holiday shopping. A challenging...Council of ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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SHOPPING SURGES WITH SAVINGS ON CLOTHES
...Damonique, 4 -- were shopping for back-to...resulted in a definite surge in shoppers, merchants...Between the sales-tax holiday and...pleased with the sales, and customers...Tonawanda Aquatic Center, started her Labor...summer clearance sale. "Fifty percent...back-to-school ... |
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Shopping surge aids retailers
...a last-minute surge of shopping that helped meet their modest sales goals, according...post-Christmas shopping to come, some malls...expected to be a bigger shopping day than in past...spokeswoman at Taubman Centers Inc., which operates... |
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Late Shopping Surge Gives National Retailers Hope for Improved Sales Figures.
...Despite subdued sales reports this week...signs of a late shopping surge. The Saturday before...traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year...Christmas to do their shopping," Michael Niemira...Council of Shopping Centers, said in a statement... |
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Last-Minute Shopping Surge Helps Retailers
...are seen at the Grove shopping center in Los Angeles, Tuesday...with a last-minute shopping surge that put merchants...to meet their modest sales goals, two reports...International Council of Shopping Centers. "Now, we are in... |
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Last-minute shopping surge cheers
...the Lakewood Center Mall and other local shopping centers Saturday, scrambling...try to get my shopping done the week...Christmas Eve in a surge that retailers...strong holiday shopping season. Stores...percent of those sales. Retailers tempered... |
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Shopping Surge Brings Cheer to Area Retailers
...Filling malls, strip centers, department and...until these final shopping days, has shrunk...were overloaded shopping bags and traffic...last year, with sales for the quarter...in Gaithersburg, sales were up 40 percent...wanted, you got the sale." With a little...Despite the ... |
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U.S. retailers get their last-minute shopping surge, two reports confirm
...with a last-minute shopping surge that put merchants on track to meet their modest sales goals, two reports...International Council of Shopping Centers. "Now, we are in...International Council of Shopping Centers-UBS tally... |
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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RETAILERS GET THEIR LAST-MINUTE SHOPPING SURGE, TWO REPORTS CONFIRM.(Business)
...with a last-minute shopping surge that put merchants on track to meet their modest sales goals, two reports...International Council of Shopping Centers. "Now, we are in...International Council of Shopping Centers-UBS tally... |
 "The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)")
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Last-Minute Shopping Surge Helps Retailers Post Better-than-Expected Results.
...expected December sales on Thursday thanks to a last-minute surge of spending. Although...to-Christmas sales this year would surpass...International Council of Shopping Centers, which surveys 77...a good holiday-shopping season tends to jump... |
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