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...purpose of a writer like me," Michener explains in a separately printed booklet about Centennial, "is to create a universe." The reader is warned. "Three billion, six hundred million years ago," Michener begins, "the crust had formed, and the cooling earth lay exposed to the developing atmosphere." The next 110 pages are taken up with discourses on magma and glaciers, the planet's prehistoric upheavals. Then come the prehistoric beasts, which the author vaguely anthropomorphizes: a lovely Diplodocus wandering in the muck "toward dusk on a spring evening one hundred and thirty-six million years ago" finds herself growing...
...theory, such forecasting should be easy. All tremors are preceded by small movements in the earth's crust. As these shifts occur, usually along existing faults in the crust, they cause a gradual buildup of stresses and strains that must eventually be released, sometimes violently...
...well as their elevation can be calculated with an accuracy of an inch, or even less.* If subsequent measurements months or years later reveal changes in the established distance between the antennas or their altitudes, it will be a sure sign of movement in the earth's crust...
...take to the road and make measurements across other quake-prone terrain. The scientists will bring their equipment back to each site at least once a year in an effort to accumulate such an extensive record that they will be able to tell exactly how the earth's crust is moving-and thus get a fix on future earthquakes...
...those who prefer thick crusts, the 24 Restaurant on Holyoke St., and Harvard House of Pizza on Mass Ave. near the Quadrangle Houses are probably the best bets. The 24, which also serves Greek food and grinders, is more generous with the cheese and the crust, but Harvard's pizzas are larger in diameter. Pinocchio's at 74 Winthrop St. features a thick crust, but some feel it also features too much grease...