Word: centering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is no doubt that hidden faults generate earthquakes. What remains controversial is how large such quakes might be. For the residents of Los Angeles, this is no academic argument. A quake under the center of the city would do far more damage than a tremor of the same size on the San Andreas Fault. Until more is known about the destructive potential of hidden faults, the people living over them will have to remain constantly alert...
Third World spokesmen may simply be trying to deflect the criticism they deserve, but they have a point: the U.S.'s actions tend to undermine its words. The U.S. is the biggest culprit in the buildup of gases that threaten to disrupt the global climate. Princeton University's Center for Energy and Environmental Studies has concluded that by using existing technologies, such as more energy-efficient automobiles and manufacturing methods, the U.S. could reduce its CO2 output 40% over 40 years. That action alone would take more greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere than a total shutdown of industry...
...enigmatic center of Sea of Love (sensible working mom or psycho killer?) and as the unblinking ultra-bitch in Johnny Handsome, this fine, ferocious actress has hit her Hollywood stride...
German dissenters have moved to center stage, but lack leadership and a clear agenda. -- Shedding Communism, Hungary's ruling party hopes to survive. -- Look! Up in the sky! Glasnost goes bonkers! -- Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez talks about his relationship with...
This is New York City? Right. Lower Manhattan. Battery Park City. At lunchtime, when the famous New York pace slows to idle, the "suits" from the World Financial Center loosen their ties and go down to the river to join couples, amazed tourists and mothers with strollers. On a sun-splashed October day, this new way-downtown nook hints of the Mediterranean...