Word: plate
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...Commencement Week stars, one of America's leading playwrights, the creator of the theory of plate tectonics and Harvard's most prominent 20th-century philosopher will be among the recipients of honorary doctorates awarded during today's Commencement exercises...
Morgan helped formulate the theory of plate tectonics, which explains the motion of earth's surface in terms of large, independently-moving plates...
...theory of plate tectonics radically transformed the field of geology by offering new explanations for earthquakes and volcanoes, the development of similar species on different continents and the dynamic nature of the earth's crust...
Rudenstine is an academic, a professor of poetry, and he tackles issues abstractly, with a vision of the greater picture. Carnesale is a nuclear engineer, known best for his ability to devour problems as they land on his plate, one after another...
Meanwhile, there's plenty of juicy stuff to be had without a Social Security number. Many states offer driving records in computer-searchable form. Few vendors can search in California, however, and those that do require a license-plate number and a fistful of dollars. I don't have either. I do have a list of every campaign donation Senator Feinstein has made in the past four years, thanks to Federal Election Commission records stored online. Criminal records are also available, but they cost too much, and I figure that with a straight arrow like Feinstein, they...