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...more modern theory. It is generally believed that the giant, continent-size plates forming the earth's outer shell crunch together in certain places, such as along the Ring of Fire. On plate slips under, heats up and begins to melt. This molten material, or magma, is lighter than neighboring and slowly rises, often triggering earth tremors. Eventually the magma may break through the surface as lava. In some cases, like that of Mount St. Helens, the magma remains in pools under the mountain, but still releases enough heat to cause explosive ejections of steam, fumes and ashes...
Whatever the sociological pressure gauges are recording on the state of women's lib, Playwright Noonan has written a lighter-than-air comedy on female bonding...
...physique would be the only problem. Most women have less upper-body strength than men. If women are judged by the same physical standards as men, most will fail. So the Point substituted the flexed-arm hang for pull-ups. For bayonet training, it equipped the women with a lighter rifle, the 6.5-lb. M-16 instead of the 9-lb. M-14. Separate track and swimming events for women were added to intramural tournaments in place of the contact sports in which women may not take part (football, boxing and wrestling...
...some scenes Artoo Detoo is played by a real robot; but in closeups little Kenny Baker is the brain and motor within. Baker had a hard time moving that heavy tin can in Star Wars, and his new model Artoo Detoo was a big improvement; it was lighter and easier to push, and it did not have the bruising nuts and bolts the old model had inside. Unfortunately for Baker, he is fast becoming obsolete. The real robots were much smarter than they were in Star Wars, and they were able to do many action shots better than the Baker...
...Fuel efficiency standards for automobiles established in 1975 helped spur the U.S. auto industry's shift toward the production of smaller, lighter cars that get significantly better mileage...