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...years continental drift was held up to derision--until scientists in the 1960s found a plausible mechanism in the earth's internal motions under the ocean floor. Suddenly, Wegener's disreputable ideas became reputable. Renamed plate tectonics, they gave geology a single unifying theory, explaining everything from earthquakes and volcanoes to the formation of mountain ranges and ocean basins. Sadly, Wegener, who perished on the Greenland icecap in 1930 at age 50, didn't live...
...German meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposes the theory of continental drift...
Nevertheless, he is ready to face those "discerning" New York audiences, he says, despite his acting anxieties. "I had this very Noel Coward idea that I'd drift into the theater at 6 o'clock and then at no expense perform my little piece," he says. "Then I would go off for dinner in fashionable restaurants with groups of friends." He laughs a great honking laugh. "I've not once, ever, been able to go out to dinner with anybody after the show--not even my children...
...First they went to the mall to shop for gowns for the junior prom this spring. Then they piled into Loren's black Chevrolet Corsica to go for a spin. At 3:45 that afternoon, a few miles from her home in Media, Pa., Loren's car began to drift off the highway, the sort of mistake seasoned drivers make--and correct--all the time. Sixteen-year-old Loren, who had got her license just 2 1/2 months earlier, lurched back too far, lost control of the car and plowed into a tree with such force that everyone...
Students woke up yesterday morning to find the campus blanketed in a dusty layer of snow. As the day wore on, however, what began as a light drift took on blizzard-like proportions...