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In the latest report of IRS mishaps, the LA Times fronts the agency's sheepish acknowledgment that it has been treating 630,000 taxpayers to special natural-disaster-area privileges, even though most haven't been beset by any natural catastrophes at all.
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.
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.
"The 'Russian miracle,' that of always avoiding catastrophes at the last moment, remains, however, fragile--more and more fragile," it said.
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.