"About 100 firefighters a year die in the……" — Bill Dedman
"About 100 firefighters a year die in the line of duty in the U.S. Heart attacks on the job and vehicle accidents on the way to the fires account for about half. The other half are traumatic deaths while fighting fires."
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76 Quotes by Bill Dedman
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Nine of 10 whites in Chicago borrow from top-drawer banks and mortgage companies, which the industry calls prime lenders. They…
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Community groups contend that door-to-door loan sales are often followed by foreclosures.
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Subprime lending is growing faster in black areas than in white areas.
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Many police departments still use DNA evidence the way they have used fingerprints and tire tracks: to determine whether a…
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Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.
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In Los Angeles, the Police Department buys a 40-foot refrigerated trailer truck every six months just to hold DNA evidence.
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Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy. He is…
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One-third of all professional baseball players come from Latin America, and Sosa is following role models such as the late…
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In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with…
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Although some Clinton biographers have been quick to label Alinsky a communist, he maintained that he never joined the Communist…
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I am not one to seek simple causes.
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In more than 500 instances, from the Gulf of Alaska to Bar Harbor, Maine, FEMA has remapped waterfront properties from…
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of…
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Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.
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Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing…
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
— Henry Adams
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The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and…
— Neal Barnard
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I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you…
— Roseanne Barr
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Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.
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No one in the United States has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at…
— Joe Barton
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What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will…
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that…
— Renata Adler
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The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They…
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