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The ancient walled city of Kaifeng, located in eastern Henan (Honan) Province, lies near enough to the unpredictable Yellow River to have known more than its share of catastrophes — and when it wasn’t being flooded it was being pillaged.
Because 85 percent of our nation's critical infrastructure is controlled not by government but by the private sector, private-sector civilians are likely to be the first responders in any future catastrophes.
Without access to foreign markets, there was no way to counter the rash of catastrophes — plague, drought, floods, and famine — at the end of the 18th century.
) A NYT "Week in Review" piece ticks off seven potential catastrophes that could jeopardize Bush's coronation as the GOP candidate-designate.
If Albright's childhood is marked by the catastrophes of 20 th -century European history, her early adulthood unfolded amid the complacencies of the American '50s.