Word: occurs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...geological faults, California has already had its share of earthquakes. But, warns a California Institute of Technology geophysicist, the state may soon be in for another. James Whitcomb, 35, said last week measurements suggest that an earthquake ranging in magnitude from 5.5 to 6.5 on the Richter scale could occur within the next year in an area 87 miles in diameter that covers part of Los Angeles and the San Fernando and Antelope valleys. It includes the portion of the San Fernando where a major upheaval killed 58 people in 1971 and part of the area being watched by geophysicists...
...Going Crazy Otto Friedrich recognizes the extreme dubiousness of an inquiry into the irrational. To avoid the narrowing of scope that must occur if the subject is to be coherent and focused, he has a novel solution. He ignores definitions. This is a tinkering of philosophy because, like the child with an erector set who wants to build his skyscraper without nuts and bolts, he proposes to define madness out of nothing...
...frequently used city hall facilities to meet with and rally the anti-busing forces she leads, actually implied that such incidents are unavoidable while busing is an issue and that Federal Judge W. Arthur Garrity should be held ultimately responsible for creating the atmosphere that allowed them to occur...
...news last week of the end of the Attica investigation comes as a grim reminder that brutality and repression need not occur halfway around the world for government officials to hide their consequences and that even when uncovered, indiscriminate governmental violence can go unpunished...
...women, a better case for discrimination could be made. But it was also apparent that women were handicapped because the critical years for promotion occur at the time in their lives when they are most burdened with competing family responsibilities...