At least nine deaths in five states ... no immediate estimates of its damage, which seemed likely to run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. And it was not over.
"Just the magnitude of the devastation is always shocking and hard to absorb," the governor said. "When you see the folks, you see the devastation in their eyes."

... walking alone across a post-apocalyptic America, cold, dark and strewn with corpses and ash ...

"But I have to ask this: Why does AA feel that female travelers need things explained to them that male travelers don’t? Are we that dumb? That inexperienced in the ways of air travel?"

The big problems, these and other experts say, are prevailing images of what computer science is and who can do it.
"The nerd factor is huge," Dr. Cuny said.
"They think of it as programming," Dr. Cuny said. "They don’t think of it as revolutionizing the way we are going to do medicine or create synthetic molecules or study our impact on the climate of the earth."

"Humans can’t do it," Dr. Matsuzawa said. "Chimpanzees are superior to humans in this task."

People used to worry that the world was full of secrets; now it’s possible to wonder whether there are any secrets left.

But some renters have very clear ideas about how they want to live. And they will not let a lease or even market-rate rents get in the way. To them, sinking $5,000, $30,000, even $100,000 into their rental is money well spent.

"We were thinking, ‘How can we demonstrate to people just how long it takes to make a really good cheddar?’"

"By letting them feel part of something bigger, we give them strength."

The rockets, called al-Quds-1, or Jerusalem-1, "have moved into the phase of military production with an advanced degree of range and accuracy," said Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq.

"We are not in a crisis, that’s for sure." In a crisis, "people don’t know what to do. People’s hair is on fire. Confidence is challenged. We’re not there."

The inclination and ability of young doctors to speak up is hampered by the hierarchies in teaching hospitals.