Word: faults
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think that if the San Andreas Fault went to the trouble of having a perfectly good earthquake, the folks on the West Coast might at least notice. A new study reveals, however, that in 1992, what should have been a china-smashing 4.8 Richter-scale quake hit central California, and yet nobody felt a thing. The explanation for the odd shadow-quake was published last week in the journal Nature and may help improve science's understanding of earthquakes in general...
...worst of all, it was the Crimson's fault...
...School conceded no fault, while agreeing to pay $260,000 to fund an institute for the study of domestic violence. Still, Dalton--a proponent of the Critical Legal Studies movement in law who had been denied tenure in 1987--called the settlement "a vindication" of her claims and got a one-time cash award of $80,000 to head the institute...
...worst of all, it was the Crimson's fault...
...Parents may no longer chalk up a bad case of the "TERRIBLE TWOS" to a kid's inherent temperament. Researchers now say the fault may lie with the adults. Parents with high levels of anxiety, hostility and work stress are more likely to produce tear-your-hair-out two-year-olds...