Word: motionful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Faculty Council motion not only fails to take note of this discrepancy: It incredibly asks that a vote of confidence be given the present version of the Resolution, in addition to proposing two amendments to the CRR's procedures that would further circumscribe the rights of students facing trial by the Committee. We urge that it be speedily voted down...
Paul's amendments are far more positive. His first motion is intended to revitalize the long-dormant Commission of Inquiry by re-affirming its original mandate. Although we sympathize with his objectives, we fail to see how matters can be bettered without a revision of the Resolution itself. We support this amendment, if only to further underscore the contradictions within the present Resolution...
That possibility is based upon studies of the two basic types of seismic waves that are given off by all earthquakes: 1) P (or pressure) waves, which alternately compress and expand the earth in the direction of their travel; and 2) S (or shear) waves, which cause motion of the earth in a direction perpendicular to their path. Because a quake's P waves travel through the earth slightly faster than its S waves, they arrive at seismic listening posts ahead of the S waves. While investigating the small tremors that often occur in the Garm region south...
...attraction, in Mythologies. A smooth, silent, seamless object, the modern automobile speaks the myth of a nature which is miraculous and benign. No longer does the automobile express mere speed, but speed with natural grace. Its surface and shape defy the sense of touch, make it seem already in motion, and imply a nature which is orderly and self-coherent. It is like a goddess who brings the order of heaven down to earth--and prostitutes herself to every petit-bourgeois who can afford the monthly payments...
...collection, pieces that he called his "children." But he married again and went back to work despite ill health. Bearded, gray and growing deaf, he showed the same enthusiasm as ever. Just before he died, Robinson received a special Academy Award for his "outstanding contribution to motion pictures." It was his first Oscar...