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But most astronomers don't-partly because just about everyone else gets different results, partly because they suspect Sandage is guilty of a cardinal sin of science: having a preferred answer in mind before making observations.
"The number is not that surprising," he said. "We had roughly a 12 percent increase in early action applications. The cardinal rule of the Early Action program is that you only admit people you're 100 percent, not 99 percent, sure you would admit in April," Fitzsimmons said.
Given all these vagaries, how can cities plan to withstand earthquakes? One cardinal rule probably ought to be, Do not build on filled land. Such areas are subject to a phenomenon called liquefaction. Quake vibrations rupture the surface, allowing water-saturated soil to rise up and turn what seemed to...
In a startling move, Bernard Cardinal Law of Boston called last week for a moratorium on all demonstrations outside abortion clinics to prevent "anything which might engender anger or some other form of violence." Instead, he wrote in the Archdiocesan paper the Pilot, he will designate five churches for antiabortion...
The moment the invasion began on Dec. 11, it violated just about every rule of modern warfare. The slow-motion operation gave the rebels plenty of time to organize and arm. A barrage of air strikes failed to do anything but stiffen resistance. Once the fight was joined, the Chechens...