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Tides are caused largely by the gravitational tug of the moon, which daily forces great upward and downward movement in the oceans. The pull of the distant sun also influences the tides, and when the orbits of the moon around the earth and the earth around the sun bring all three bodies roughly into line, the tidal changes are much larger than usual. These "spring" tides (named for the verb rather than the season) occur twice a month: when the moon is full and when it is new. Spring tides themselves may be driven to further extremes when the elliptical...
...industrial picture is equally gloomy. The government has revised its projected growth rate from 10.7% downward to 6%, but forecasts of zero or even minus growth abound for 1974. Last week's announcement by the Arab countries that they intend to cut oil pro duction another 5% in January could lead to a disastrous 20% to 30% shortfall in deliveries. Yoshiya Ariyoshi, chairman of the Mitsubishi-owned N.Y.K. shipping line, calls the situation an economic Guadalcanal-"the point of farthest advance where the steady retreat began." Like many other businessmen, he considers a depression a real possibility...
Standardized scores of this year's freshman class remained relatively constant, despite the national trend downward, L. Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid, said yesterday...
...catches" in the flea's exoskeleton that prevent the resilin from expanding prematurely. In effect, the flea has "cocked" itself for the leap. Then, at the right moment, it releases the catches. The resilin snaps back to its original size, like an uncoiling spring, and exerts a sharp downward force on tendons connected to the upper part of the hind legs. That launches the flea into the air. In fact, lift-off occurs so rapidly that the flea reaches peak acceleration of 140 Gs - more than 30 times that endured by astronauts during the launch of the Saturn...
Indeed, the study of economics is rapidly reaching downward into lower schools. The Economics Education Council of Massachusetts, in which several universities participate, offers twelve new seminars in economics for elementary-school teachers-who report that their pupils are intensely interested. Says Boston University Professor Kenneth Sheldon: "My elementary school teachers are having remarkable success bringing the basics of economics to their students. Grade-schoolers really want to know how this system operates." And Assistant Professor Norman Ellenberg of California State University, Los Angeles has started an economics education program for children in the Los Angeles city school system-beginning...