Word: bedrock
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...fact that four years after anti-Muslim riots killed more than 2,000 in the state of Gujarat, there have been few convictions. Police raids, detentions and the oft-reported abuses that occur under such detentions only add to their sense of being unfairly targeted. "Perceived injustice is the bedrock upon which all terrorist groups are based," says Bhatt. "We need justice for the crimes of Gujarat. Good government means hitting the violence head on, no matter who is behind it." But Ajai Sahni, director of the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management, cautions that...
...Italian, or any of the major soccer leagues, weren't more or less corrupt, given the huge revenues they generate and the conduits they provide into lucrative European competitions. All one can do is to try and mitigate some of the more obvious excesses. Down at the bedrock level of the bogus injury and the attempt to get one's opponent sent off, a yet more eyes-wide-open cynicism occasionally prevails. Of course players dived for penalties, the former England international footballer Ian Wright said recently. "So why don't we? It will happen to us again...
Harvard ought to make clear that such behavior, whether exhibited by students or faculty, violates the code of ethics and intellectual integrity that form the bedrock of this university in the first place. Until then, Viswanathan,like those law profs, seems off-the-hook—at least from Harvard...
...Harvard that Boston’s thousand acres of man-made fill and river basins actually amplify seismic waves. According to Zanzerkia’s research, earthquake shocks that enter this softer ground become trapped and echo around the area rather than slowing to a stop as in hard bedrock. As a result, the force of the shock causes much more damage, putting Boston and Cambridge at risk of losing their most historic and populated districts. While Cambridge is located far away from the country’s deadliest fault lines, Harvard sits atop the world’s epicenter...
...this area get slammed so hard? At least part of the answer lies in the loosely consolidated sediment that sits below the surface. Seismic waves pass quickly through bedrock, but they become trapped in sediment-filled basins. "It's sort of like being in a bathtub filled with water," says USGS seismologist Thomas Brocher. "When you start splashing, the waves keep bouncing up and down and from side to side." The basin effect amplifies not only the intensity of the shaking but also its duration, which is no doubt why buildings collapsed in Santa Rosa in 1906, killing some...