Word: driftings
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Died. Marshall Kay, 70, Columbia University geologist and early proponent of the theory of continental drift; in Englewood, N.J. Kay's reconstruction of continental movements in 1948 showed that the boundaries of North America were delineated over 400 million years ago by undersea volcanic upheaval. He also predicted that Japan would one day merge with the Asian mainland. An organizer of the 1967 Gander conference on continental drift, Kay was honored with the Geological Society of America's top award...
...Staff and a political independent. Fabião was present when the nine moderates, led by former Foreign Minister Ernesto Melo Antunes, met with Costa Gomes. The nine had all been ousted from the ruling Revolutionary Council earlier this month after they circulated a document protesting Portugal's drift toward an Eastern European brand of socialism and calling for a return to a pluralistic political system. The nine claimed to have the support of 90% of the people and 85% of the military. They reportedly demanded that the President get rid of Gonçalves within a week...
...past decade, the development of a bold new geological theory called plate tectonics-which offers an elegant, comprehensive explanation for continental drift, mountain building and volcanism-seems finally to have clarified the underlying cause of earthquakes. It holds that the surface of the earth consists of about a dozen giant, 70-mile-thick rock plates. Floating on the earth's semimolten mantle and propelled by as yet undetermined forces, the plates are in constant motion. Where they meet, friction sometimes temporarily locks them in place, causing stresses to build up near their edges. Eventually the rock fractures, allowing...
...once thought of themselves as living in a country that was generally right, even though their own circumstances could stand improvement, which would come about by their own efforts. Today it is the widespread doubt about the country itself-its political structure, its place in the world, its present drift-that most mocks the "Smile" buttons. The matter with our times is not so much a question of impossibilities but of complexities that can be faced if only public trust and will are restored...
...Communists, Portugal's future will remain precarious. Were Saraiva de Carvalho to emerge as a strongman, Portugal might well escape an East European-type dictatorship only to end up with a perhaps unorthodox but still dictatorial system. Then, too, nobody could discount the possibility that if the drift toward anarchy continues, the old right wing, powerless since the April 1974 revolution, might stage a coup. Indeed, the anti-Communist activities led by the armed forces' moderates provided an umbrella for all kinds of non-Communist groups, including former backers of the overthrown Caetano regime...