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Aggarwal, as well as his mentor. Seismologist Lynn Sykes, thinks the change in wave velocity may be caused by the rapid opening of small cracks in water-saturated underground rock of the fault zone. Because P waves travel swiftly through water, they probably slow down when the voids appear. The S waves seem less affected by the fissuring. Then, as ground water seeps into the cracks, the P waves speed up again. Seismologists do not know how widespread the newly discovered phenomenon is, but if it is indeed common to all seismically active areas, it may eventually be used...
There may be no other Harvard coach as frustrated as wrestling mentor John Lee. In the fall practices, he had a team that looked like contenders for the Eastern championship. Now with less than ten days left in the regular season, Lee's squad may finish with a losing record...
Originally published in French in 1957, these essays are an attempt to apply to everyday myth the tools of semiology, the science of signs sketched out in Barthes's earlier works and the works of his mentor, the linguist Saussure. Viewing all the products of culture as systems of signs, Barthes has created a kind of "pan-criticism" which, although it has made him best known as a literary critic, takes in anything from Racine to underground film to popular magazines...
Died. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, 94, India's elder statesman and a principal lieutenant of Mohandas Gandhi during their country's struggle for independence; in Madras, India. A Brahman lawyer who joined Gandhi in 1919, "Rajaji" served his mentor as publisher and administrative aide. His leadership in passive resistance against the British led to frequent jail terms. Though his prophetic support for a separate Moslem state-which became Pakistan-caused a break with Gandhi in 1942, he later rejoined his old ally and in 1948 became India's first native-born Governor-General. Long a conservative and an ardent...
...racing and legalized bookmaking in Mexico. One of his enterprises was the erection of a twelve-story office building on the very same street in San Diego where he used to shine the shoes of C. Arnholt Smith, a fund-raising friend of Richard Nixon and Alessio's mentor and business associate. Alessio, named "Mr. San Diego" of 1964 by a local civic group, appreciates having friends in high places. In 1968, after years of contributing to Democratic campaigns, Alessio switched to the favorite and donated $26,000 to the winner...