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...good news, say scientists, is that last week's tremors had only a mild impact on the San Andreas itself. The bad news is that they increased subterranean stresses closer by. Caltech geologist Kerry Sieh, for one, is worried that the violent release of energy may have adversely affected the Elysian Park system, a deeply buried network of thrust faults directly under Los Angeles. Parts of this system have lain dormant, Sieh says, "since before Abraham." But he cannot predict when the faults might awaken...
...drinking meant manhood. It was, he later decided, "the sacramental binder of friendships . . . the reward for work, the fuel for celebration, the consolation for death or defeat. Drinking gave me strength, confidence, ease, laughter." Hamill as a boy was obsessed by the comics, including Captain America, who began as mild-mannered Steve Rogers but then drank a magic serum that transformed him into a brilliant pile of muscles, the scourge of Nazi saboteurs. "The comics taught me that even the weakest human being could take a drink and be magically transformed into someone smarter, bigger, braver," Hamill writes...
...first half, Harvard shot a heart-wrenching 19 percent (5-26) from the field. In a mild recovery during the second half, the Crimson was 11-for-38 (29 percent). Senior co-captain Cara Frey led the team with 11 points...
...very least the conviction that increased state power is the solution to all ills, simply has to be present in any proposal to boost regulation over one-seventh of the nation's economy. Two years after the collapse of communism, and at a time when even the mild-mannered Eurosocialists are considering a four-day workweek in order to boost their % stagnant employment statistics, faith in the efficacy of state management remains surprisingly strong here. The reason is that the potential problem solvers look forward to a busy future and to the political rewards that will flow from attending...
...forum expected inflation to hover around a mild 3% in 1994, which will be reminiscent of the price-stable 1960s. The big reason: wage hikes, the main ingredient in most price increases, will stay low as employers continue to cut labor costs. However, Donald Ratajczak, director of economic forecasting at Georgia State University, noted growing signs of labor unrest. "The American Airlines strike may have been a watershed," he said, referring to the Thanksgiving-week walkout by flight attendants, which ended when Clinton prodded the company to seek binding arbitration. "This is the beginning of intensifying wage pressures...