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“Our mission is obviously to stay ahead of the storm, stay ahead of the rain and keep the city dry,” Korban told reporters Friday.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2021

“The whole system could fail,” Ghassan Korban, executive director of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, told Biden during the tour.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2021

But the immense amount of rain in three hours would overwhelm any system, said the agency’s director, Ghassan Korban.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2019

Executive director Ghassan Korban also needs to make sure only employees who are willing to actually do their jobs are on duty at pumping stations.

From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2018

At the same time this practice does provide the visitor with the wholesome sport of Korban bathing.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir