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...coaches evaluated the two players constantly, and Murphy repeatedly called the situation “fluid...
...Both quarterbacks will play,” Murphy said. “It’s a slight nod. I must admit it’s a fluid situation until one guy demonstrates that he can run the offense with consistency...
Altman films busy scenes in unusually long, fluid takes of five or six minutes with three, sometimes four, cameras running simultaneously. His cinematographer, Ed Lachman, says it's "like performing free-form jazz." At Altman's elbow during last month's shooting was his friend and fellow director Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia), standing by at the insurance company's behest in case anything happened to Altman...
...mouse does have some nifty technology. Its scroll wheel is actually more of a track ball, capable of wiggling a page both up and down and side to side in a fairly fluid motion. Other mouse makers have clunkier separate controls rather than a smooth combined one. Also, touch sensitivity means that the mouse simply knows what you meant right click or middle click or left click. There's no need for separate buttons handling each click...
...fault marks the major interface between two sections of the earth's crust that are grinding past each other--scientists argue endlessly about the details. Among the most pressing questions are whether the rock in the fault zone is intrinsically strong or weak and whether an increase in fluid pressure helps trigger earthquakes by prying apart the fault. "We have lots of ideas, and finally we're getting a chance to test them," says William Ellsworth, chief scientist for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Team...