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Quote: “One thing that feeds public concern is knowledge”

By their dramatic nature, earthquakes and catastrophic floods are the sort of human tragedies that always grab the world’s attention and evoke the sympathy that inspires individuals and governments to reach for their checkbooks.

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And when an earthquake renders 70,000 people homeless on the day after Christmas, when people in Western countries are feeling especially comfortable, “it tugs on their heartstrings,” suggests Mr. Pearn.

(via Christian Science Monitor, December 31)

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