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...students interested in an introduction to oceanic systems should take a closer look at Science B-50, "The Ocean," says Assistant Professor of Biology and of Earth and Planetary Sciences Joseph P. Montoya...
Probably the most spectacular of the week's calamities began with a major earthquake under the Pacific Ocean 30 miles off the west coast of Nicaragua. The temblor spawned tsunamis, commonly known as tidal waves, that towered as high as 45 ft. in spots and rolled over dozens of small towns along 200 miles of coast. Surging inland, the waves crushed houses and hotels and swept people out to sea. Nicaraguan civil defense officials said 116 were killed and 150 missing...
Harvard's fledgling Committee on Environmental Studies has apparently brought about the creation of two new Earth and Planetary Sciences courses, both listed as Introduction to Environmental Sciences. The first, taught by Rotch Professor of Atmospheric Science Michael B. McElroy and Burden Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Brian P. Farrell, focuses on the atmosphere, ocean and biosphere. The other, led by Professor of Mineralogy Charles W. Burnham, centers on the Earth...
More mundane experiences are conveyed just as pierceingly. The ocean at sunset "shines silvery like a bolt of shot silk." A swimming pool on a hot day is "polar cold. After a while cold feels like a different kind of warmth, hypothermal hypnosis, a fugue state, sweet...
...Perot is coming under heavy fire for relying on exhortation without offering specific programs. But Perot thinks a leader's job is to set goals and drive his followers to reach them by any means necessary. His formula at EDS was "a teaspoon of planning, an ocean of execution." Subordinates setting out to reorganize a customer's data- processing procedures were told only to "do what makes sense." That approach succeeded spectacularly at EDS, where goals could be simple and Perot could rely on well-understood rewards and punishments. It is questionable whether it would work in government, where goals...