Word: dormant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...resolution drafted by the Faculty Council, which only promises to exacerbate the problems that have faced the CRR in the past. A proposal advanced by William Paul, McKay Professor of Applied Physics, deserves lengthier consideration, but all of its provisions except one--the amendment intended to revitalize the long-dormant Commission on Inquiry--should also be voted down...
Paul's amendments are far more positive. His first motion is intended to revitalize the long-dormant Commission of Inquiry by re-affirming its original mandate. Although we sympathize with his objectives, we fail to see how matters can be bettered without a revision of the Resolution itself. We support this amendment, if only to further underscore the contradictions within the present Resolution...
Last week the people of Heimaey awoke in the middle of the night to find that the Helgafell volcano, dormant for 5,000 years, had exploded on their doorstep. As the earth rumbled like thunder and showers of molten lava lit up the sky, villagers in night clothes poured into the streets to watch the terrifying spectacle. After one home was engulfed by boiling lava and hot ashes began to rain down on others, Heimaey's 5,200 residents were ordered evacuated...
...been formed). As they await the precious samples of orange soil, some scientists are now speculating that Shorty may in fact be no more than 200,000 or 300,000 years old. That would suggest surprisingly recent volcanic activity on the moon, which was believed to have been largely dormant for the past three billion years...
...account in their tactical calculations. The Union initially favored boycotting the elections for student members, but after the confrontational tactics failed, the minority faction prevailed and the Union decided to run a slate for the Commission. Another student-Faculty group, the Committee on Graduate Education, which had been long-dormant, was activated, and the elections would also select student members to this body. The Committee has wide-ranging responsibilities; it was charged by the Fainsod Report with preparing legislation for Faculty consideration on a variety of issues affecting graduate education...