Word: coring
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...Geologists believe that the Moho is the bottom edge of the granite and basalt that forms the lower layer of the earth's crust; under it is the earth's mantle consisting of a mixture of silicates and nickel-iron, which in turn encloses the nickel-iron core...
Lowering thermometers and other instruments through the hole to the hot (about 150° C.) mantle should solve many mysteries about the earth's structure and origin. A continuous core sample through the sediments of the ocean floor may provide what AMSOCers call "the most fabulous history book of all time"-an uninterrupted record of the earth's development for 2 billion years. And somewhere below there may still be traces of the face of the earth as it was when it began...
Brown's program bears inspection by other universities; there, veteran schoolteachers receive fellowships for one-year refresher courses in their subjects, are replaced in their classrooms by graduate interns. The University of Wisconsin will tackle the problem at the core of the merit-pay controversy-how to decide which teachers are most effective. At Duke, graduates of 25 cooperating liberal-arts colleges will study toward master of arts in teaching degrees. Outstanding teachers from local schools will be released from other duties to supervise M.A.T. interns...
Recently formed, the Socialist Club lists 30 to 40 members--including a dozen grad students--of whom 20 are "hard core." Its purpose is to study socialism as a body of thought which can be applied to many problems," said Jerry Shapiro '61 president. So far, attractions have included speeches by an "independent socialist" economist, and the editor of a Socialist newspaper...
...core of each of MacLennan's people is a fear that perhaps he abuses his freedom--a suspicion that the Old Guard's standards of morality are rules that one must follow to assure the happy life. And we are left with a sense that no one can escape the guilt of his birth...