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Whether life would inevitably arise from those building blocks is still an open question. With only one example, it is impossible to say whether life on Earth was a fluke or a foregone conclusion. But most biologists cautiously lean toward the latter. Life on this planet emerged surprisingly quickly--as early as a few hundred million years after Earth formed. At the time, the planet was intensely volcanic, with the occasional leftover asteroid screaming in every few million years--yet primitive life forms persisted and flourished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEARCHING FOR OTHER WORLDS | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...that the likelihood of its happening again elsewhere in the cosmos is infinitesimal. This viewpoint derives from the second law of thermodynamics, which predicts that the universe is dying--slowly and inexorably degenerating toward a state of total chaos. Life bucks this trend only because it is a statistical fluke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HARMONY OF THE SPHERES | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...Motors CEO Jack Smith told TIME's William McWhirter and a small group of automotive journalists that he expected the company to see a second consecutive year of profits in the North America. "This was a chance for him to emphasize that GM's financial recovery was not a fluke, and that he's fairly confident that he's returend the company to a much sounder operating structure than it's had in some time," says McWhirter. Smith, whose low-key management style has earned him the nickname "stealth chairman" in Detroit circles, told McWhirter that a major challenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE "STEALTH CHAIRMAN" SPEAKS | 1/2/1996 | See Source »

...they did, 17-15, for their first victory in South Bend since 1961. When the Wildcats lost to Miami of Ohio 30-28, they looked like a fluke, but then they beat Michigan 19-13 in Ann Arbor (for the first time since '59) and Penn State 21-10. Northwestern finished the regular season at 10-1 but seemed headed for the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, until Michigan upset unbeaten Ohio State, thus making Northwestern the No. 3 team in the country and the representative of the Big Ten's 11 teams in the Rose Bowl on New Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: THE PURPLE ROSE OF NORTHWESTERN | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

Giovannucci had no explanation for the apparent benefit of strawberries, but suggested that the finding was a statistical fluke...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Harvard Researcher Finds Pizza Is Actually Good For You | 12/12/1995 | See Source »

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