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Bill Dedman

American Journalist

Born: 1960

Every First Government People Political Who

Related authors: Ambrose Bierce Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Hunter S. Thompson Mignon McLaughlin Walter Cronkite William F. Buckley, Jr. William Lloyd Garrison

The term 'triage' normally means deciding who gets attention first. Bill Dedman

First Attention Term Normally Gets Deciding Means Who

In Montana, where Sen. William Andrews Clark made his fortune and lost his reputation, people had assumed that all his children were long dead. After all, he was born in 1839 and was of age to serve in the Civil War. Bill Dedman

War Age People Made Long Lost Reputation Assumed Montana William Clark Civil Born Civil War Had He Dead Were His Where Children After Fortune Serve

Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor's core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required. Bill Dedman

Strong Cause Year Enough Typical Earthquake Could Which Public Required Radiation Expose Each Each Year Nuclear Chance Damage Core

State courts usually rule that correspondence between government officials, about government business, are public records, whether they use their government e-mail accounts or private ones. Bill Dedman

Government Business State Rule Correspondence About Records Between Courts Private Government Officials Accounts Officials Whether Public Use

ABC forbids political activity by journalists. Bill Dedman

Political ABC Journalists Political Activity Activity

Both CNN and NPR prohibit political activity by all journalists, no matter their assignment. Bill Dedman

Political Matter Prohibit Both Journalists Political Activity Activity Assignment

The Federal Highway Administration has allowed states to take advantage of a loophole in federal regulations, delaying bridge inspections to every four years instead of the two years normally required. Bill Dedman

Take Advantage Every States Administration Inspection Federal Take Allowed Instead Advantage Highway Loophole Years Normally Required Regulations Bridge Four Two

Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups. Bill Dedman

Government Own Worst Some More Inspection Records Federal Between Government Agencies Years Than Owned Agencies Bridges Nearly Two

Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse. Bill Dedman

Failure Cause Single Design Collapse Kind Minneapolis Entire Inspection Federal Part Like Forbid Fallen Lack Regulations Bridge Bridges

A foundation representing firefighters who die in the line of duty is calling for Congress to strip the Centers for Disease Control of its role investigating firefighter deaths. Bill Dedman

Control Duty Congress Strip Firefighter Investigating Firefighters Calling Line Deaths Role Disease Die Representing Centers Who Foundation

Nine of 10 whites in Chicago borrow from top-drawer banks and mortgage companies, which the industry calls prime lenders. They lend to people with A credit ratings, making loans at competitive rates. Bill Dedman

People Nine Borrow Rates Ratings Mortgage Prime Industry Calls Making Chicago Banks Which Lend Whites Companies Credit Competitive Loans

'John Doe' is typically used in a warrant when the accused is known by an alias or by a physical description. Bill Dedman

John Physical Known Accused Used Warrant Description

Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy. He is Big Mac, or Paul Bunyan in Cardinals red with a white-ash bat instead of an ax. Bill Dedman

Love Son Fans Big Bat Mac Physique He Part-Time Instead Red Powerful Boy His Big Mac HUGS Paul Cardinals Ax

One-third of all professional baseball players come from Latin America, and Sosa is following role models such as the late Roberto Clemente, a Puerto Rican, from whom he adopted the No. 21. Now he is a model for others. Bill Dedman

Others Late Latin Latin America One-Third Following Adopted He Come Roberto Model Role Role Models America Models Rican Professional Professional Baseball Baseball Whom Now Baseball Players Puerto Players Puerto Rican

In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic populations, he is a Latino man, and the black label is rejected as robbing Hispanics of a hero. Bill Dedman

Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups. Bill Dedman

Symphony Support Opera Ballet Theater Galleries Many Groups Museums

Cincinnati attracted its first permanent white settlers by flatboat in 1788. It took its name from the Society of Cincinnati, an organization of Revolutionary officers. That name came from Cincinnatus, the Roman farmer and general. Bill Dedman

Organization First White Society Cincinnati Took Settlers General Name Attracted Permanent Came Officers Revolutionary Roman Farmer

It may be no surprise that Pittsburgh has direct flights to London, Paris and Frankfurt, but consider this: many of the tourists here have come from Europe to the capital of culture in the Alleghenies. Bill Dedman

Culture Consider London Direct Paris Tourists Come Surprise May Pittsburgh Capital Flights Europe Many Here

A city built on rivers and bituminous coal, Pittsburgh in the '90s has survived the boom and bust years. Bill Dedman

Boom City Rivers Built Years Survived Pittsburgh Coal Bust

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