Records and Notable Events
See also: 2005 Atlantic hurricane season statisticsThe 2005 season broke numerous records for tropical cyclone activity, although records before 1944 are incomplete, so it is possible it might not be the most active season in history.
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Famous quotes containing the words records, notable and/or events:
“In America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it.”
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“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
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“Reporters are not paid to operate in retrospect. Because when news begins to solidify into current events and finally harden into history, it is the stories we didn’t write, the questions we didn’t ask that prove far, far more damaging than the ones we did.”
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