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Earthquakes frequently occur along the boundaries of continental plates, huge sections of the earth's crust that "float" on a mass of superheated rock. California's San Andreas Fault, for instance, marks the dividing line between the North American and Pacific plates, which are slowly slipping past each other. But the New Madrid fault lies in the middle of the North American plate, seemingly far from harm's way. Why do earthquakes occur in such an out- of-the-way spot? By analyzing seismic data, scientists have concluded that the New Madrid fault is a failed rift, or break...
...pricey VCR-2 is selling briskly at upper-crust stores, but can it find a big audience? Some 12 million U.S. customers are expected to buy VCRs at an average price of $300 this year. Dunlap believes that at least 750,000 buyers will choose his machine in the next year or two. Camcorder buffs, he points out, can use the VCR-2 to edit their home movies. Among other applications: recording two programs at the same time, copying favorite tapes and recording a program while watching a tape...
...pastor and educator, he has been closely associated with the charismatic renewal movement, which practices speaking in tongues and other gifts of the Holy Spirit; he has been a bishop for just 2 1/2 years; and he is a product of the working class, whereas Archbishops are traditionally upper- crust men bred in elite boarding schools and polished at Cambridge or Oxford. Raised in publicly subsidized housing in London's hardscrabble East End, Carey will now take a seat in the House of Lords and the Privy Council, which advises the Queen...
Lack of the usual upper-crust credentials could be a plus for George Carey, a junior English prelate from the evangelical wing who is the new Archbishop of Canterbury...
...three-ball break. Cleland goes on to defeat Jones, 26-12, in a 90-minute match. The prize: an Omega watch, not much to those on the pro golf or tennis circuits but a king's ransom on the croquet tour and another sign that the once upper-crust game is trickling down...