Word: crusts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...always been working-class and industrial rather than an upper-crust residential neighborhood," says Erika S. Bruner, assistant director of the commission...
Twenty years ago, that seemed to be changing. Breakthroughs in scientific understanding of plate tectonics--the incessant shifting of continent-size hunks of the earth's crust--spurred hope that major upheavals could be predicted. In Japan polls showed that 50% or more of the public thought they could be. Tokyo even established an Earthquake Assessment Committee of six eminent seismologists to advise the Prime Minister when he ought to issue a public earthquake warning. But in 17 years no such warning has ever been issued, and many experts think the $100 million a year Japan devotes to trying...
There's no doubt that real estate prices in the Square are only rising, and perhaps only upper-crust eateries like 8 Holyoke (A Grille, wouldn't you know it) can pay the tab. The problem is that students can only afford to patronize places like 8 Holyoke once in a while, Even fast-food offered by Au Bon Pain puts a significant pinch on one's pocket money. We need inexpensive, high-quality food that can be prepared in a hurry--a commodity Elsie's had no trouble providing...
...proposal is based on the tracking of seismic waves generated by earthquakes and explsions, which indicates that such waves emanating from a huge impact would be focused by the earth, converging on the antipode and releasing their energy there. This concentration of energy might heat and distort the crust, eventually creating plumes through which magma could burst to the surface...
Squash certainly has a perception of being a sport for the upper crust of society, and having the H-Y-P regime firmly in place only serves to extend...