Her 16th floor apartment is on 28th Street and when the lights and water went off "my cat got scared, " she says.

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Potential investors are also being scared off by cholera, even though it can be easily prevented with good sanitation and clean drinking water (or treated by oral rehydration).

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It was a partner in this Shallow Water Ultra Deep drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico until its CEO, Jim Flores, was scared to death by the BP Macondo disaster and its financial impact on BP.

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