Word: leet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Leet, professor of Geology, said last night that the tremor was less severe than the one felt at Harvard on October 16, and should not cause any special concern. He said, however, that the reoccurrence of small disturbances bears out his contention that "we're working...
...Leet has predicted that in the next fifty years Boston will experience a major earthquake similar to the one of 200 years ago. In the meantime, he said, "we can expect small and moderate tremors which are nothing to be afraid...
There have actually been more disturbances than were felt, Leet pointed out. On the 16th, for example, there were really four tremors, only one of which was strong enough to be generally noticed...
...Leet, professor of Geology, said it was an earthquake, "It's a realization of expectations we've had for quite a while," he said. "Boston had one 200 years ago. We look for a renascence of activity and possibly another major quake within 50 years...
...Leet freely admitted the hypothetical nature of his proposal, but said that the lonesome P has been a "positive and definite phenomenon, present without exception" in each of the six cases he has studied. "I feel it is the duty of science to find out whether this is a real phenomenon, regardless of its political implications," he said...