Word: occurred
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...next two years were a time of parody rivalries, full-page features and lightning extras. Although the CRIMSON has changed considerably in the post-war decade the transition of the paper has been graded. Sweeping changes did not occur possibly because of complacency, but undoubtedly because the immediate post-war formula has proved very successful...
Baffling Phenomenon. Acanthaster's ravages not only occur quickly but are long-lasting. After stretching itself over the coral, the crown-of-thorns quickly digests the simple organisms that constitute the tough outer layer of the reef. Structurally weakened, the remaining skeletons are easily eroded by the ocean's waves. Once the coral barriers are breached, the islands that they surround are no longer protected from the pounding of the open sea. Because the reefs are vital to the spawning and feeding of much undersea life, the process can also destroy fertile fishing grounds almost overnight...
Every business student learns in one of his first classes that shipping by water is the cheapest but also the slowest way to move goods. Only those who go on to become freight managers discover that the longest delays nowadays do not occur at sea. Dock congestion around the world has become so common that general cargo ships spend about half their time in port loading, unloading or just waiting-even when the docks are not shut down by a longshoremen's strike...
Familiar Pressures. Phillips suspects that the quality of expectation is all-important. He suggests, for example, that a decrease in the death rate might not occur during the period of anticipation before Christmas-perhaps because of the familiar pressures that also accompany that season. Or it might not apply to ordinary people whose birthdays are not celebrated with the fuss that surrounds a man of fame. Still, the statistics that Phillips has gathered are convincing enough to impress the Russell Sage Foundation, which is oriented toward the social sciences; it has just given him an eleven-month grant for additional...
...Harvard had worse problems last year, and Yovicsin came up with Lalich, a JV quarterback who supplied excellent leadership and running ability at the varsity level despite early doubts. Perhaps the same situation will occur in September...