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...earth's interior, transmutes the lower edge of the oceanic plate into magma. Thick with silica, this type of magma tends to solidify near the surface, forming domes and plugs that seal off the channels through which the magma rises. Such blockages turn a volcano into a giant pressure cooker. At a certain point, when the surrounding rock is no longer strong enough to hold the expanding magma, the mountain blows apart...
...mixed emotions: hostility, hatred, anger. At that point, it was just welling up in me. I felt like I was in a pressure cooker. To be truthful, if I had had a gun -- and I'm scared to death of them -- I would probably have blown his brains out because I felt 'You have no right to come to me like this. I've done nothing to anyone.' If the people around me had ignored me, acted like I didn't exist, that would not have disturbed me one bit because I've been black all my life...
...distance of 23 miles. Three six-story turrets holding the guns were encased in armor up to 17 1/2 in. thick. When last week's explosion occurred during training exercises about 330 miles off Puerto Rico, that protective armor turned the turret into a tightly sealed pressure cooker...
...Pressure Cooker: Harvard's press continues to strike fear in the minds of opposing coaches and probably is the top reason for the Crimson's improvement during the last six weeks...
Clark said to reduce the number of students who suffer from clinical depression, schools should encourage their students to seek psychological help and eliminate "pressure-cooker" atmospheres...