Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When I decided to work on Wall Street this summer, I expected and hoped to learn a lot. Not surprisingly, I believed that most of this education would occur in the realm of finance. And while I certainly have learned more about yield curves, maturity dates and bond ratings than I could ever have dreamed, the most eye-opening experiences of the summer have come from observing the workings of the business world itself, the "real world" outside Harvard that awaits (some might say threatens) us upon graduation...
These hot gushers, now known as hydrothermal vents, have since been found in many parts of the world, and because they occur at average depths of about 7,300 ft., oceanographers have been able to visit and study a dozen of them. The vents are essentially underwater geysers that work much the same way Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful does. Seawater percolates down through cracks in the crust, getting progressively hotter. It doesn't boil, despite temperatures reaching up to 400 degrees C, because it is under terrific pressure. Finally, the hot water gushes back up in murky clouds...
...clean house. Fernando Botero, the defense minister of Colombia, recalls a visit four months ago by agency officials who explained that they could no longer do business indiscriminately with the Colombian military, some of whose officers have death-squad links. From now on, "liaison" would occur only with officers found to be free of corruption and human-rights violations. Despite patriotic grumbling within his government, Botero agreed, and the result has pleased him. The agency drew closer to the Colombian National Police, one of the government's cleaner outfits, and the teamwork proved essential in the recent capture of Cali...
...pediatric-care unit of the University of Florida Health Sciences Center in Gainesville, 25% of the patients referred to them had been previously misdiagnosed with pneumonia or bronchitis. One reason: primary-care physicians may not suspect asthma if they do not actually hear wheezing, which is more likely to occur at night than in a doctor's office. In many cases the symptoms are so subtle that they are dismissed as allergies...
There must be no more U.N. veto of NATO military actions. The Serb military-industrial infrastructure in both Serbia and Serb-held Bosnia must be destroyed, which will prevent Serbia from furnishing weapons and fuel to proxies in Bosnia. The arming of Bosnia must occur, with logistical support from Western powers. To continue with empty talk just buys Serbia time to implement its fascist agenda. GORDON HAWLEY Ottawa...