Word: momentous
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...Society throws all that into question. The asteroid impact and dinosaur extinction, say the authors, may not have been simultaneous, instead occurring 300,000 years apart. That's an eyeblink in geologic time, but it's a relevant eyeblink all the same - one that occurred at just the right moment in ancient history to send the extinction theory entirely awry. (See pictures of meteors striking the earth...
Drugs and Mexico Re "Moment" on Mexico by Tim Padgett [April 6]. Hillary Clinton's journey is useless. If she wants to do something she should stay home and try to find out why people try to flee reality with drugs. As long as there is need there will be supply. Anders Hoeglund, STOCKHOLM
...this moment, the networks are finalizing their fall slates to announce to advertisers in May. Can they bring back the glory days by cloning a dozen Mentalists? Doubtful. The audience for throwback TV is limited, and CBS has close to a lock on it. But the competition is still likely to try. As Patrick Jane knows, people are greedy and prey to temptation, and they fall into predictable patterns of behavior. It doesn't take a psychic to see that...
Naturally, it was special that Harry got to call the final out of Philadelphia's World Series victory last fall. No one was more deserving of one last great moment in that booth. Harry Kalas was a man--and a voice--unto himself...
...affiliates. Our campus resides in the center of an urban environment, and a malicious individual could easily access the campus, commit a crime, and leave. Furthermore, the HUPD cannot examine the legitimacy of each call before responding, as this could dangerously delay an HUPD presence at the most crucial moment of a crisis. Thus, HUPD officers may at times become unknowing vehicles for the prejudices of individuals calling in a “crime.” Also, the Harvard police are subject to stricter public scrutiny than most departments, as incidents—often overlooked elsewhere—tend...