Wait, what? Is it just me?

[Baker, John]

Although that's an odd use of "but" in The Atlantic,  the sentence from Time seems to me completely unremarkable.  I have no trouble seeing the contrast between New Orleans, where most levees held (implying relatively little damage), and the more problematic situation in Haiti, where the hurricane cause multiple deaths and presumably other harm as well.


John Baker


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Subject: Wait, what? Is it just me?

Or is stuff like this bizarre?

The Atlantic:

"The un-addicted siblings may have shared a traumatic childhood with their addicted brothers and sisters, but they all displayed signs of impulsivity and compulsive behavior."

TIME:

"Although most levees in the New Orleans area held, Hurricane Isaac claimed at least 24 lives in Haiti."

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