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...Besides providing what amounted to a retroactive prediction of that powerful quake, the Caltech researchers demonstrated that it was primarily the velocity of the P waves, not the S waves, that changed. Their figures were significant for another reason: the P-wave velocity change was not caused by a quirk of geology in the Garm region or even in the Adirondacks, but was apparently a common symptom of the buildup of dangerous stresses in the earth...
...OPEC nations cannot argue that the price of oil is set by production costs. They do not actually "produce" petroleum; they merely?by a quirk of geography?possess it. Foreign technologists found and developed the oil, and foreign risk capital built most of the rigs, pumps, refineries, pipelines and harbors. Only the existence of the OPEC cartel, with its ability to impose prices by fiat, keeps up the cost...
According to the terms of the deal King negotiated, Champion Foreman gets the same basic purse as Challenger Ali. That quirk underscores the most unusual aspect of the bout. Though he won the title 20 months ago with a cruel battering of Joe Frazier, and though he has never been defeated, Foreman is still a relatively obscure figure. For one thing, he has never faced Ali the best heavyweight boxer and one of the most colorful athletes of his generation, a man who lost his title not in the ring but in a hassle over his refusal to be inducted...
Carbon monoxide (CO) produces its poisonous effect by crowding out oxygen molecules that normally attach themselves, in the lungs, to the hemoglobin molecules in red blood cells. By a malign quirk of nature, CO has an affinity for hemoglobin more than 200 times as great as that of oxygen. Thus too much carbon monoxide starves the body of oxygen, causing illness and sometimes death-as in the case of the suicide who runs a hose from the engine exhaust to the inside of his car. But how many Americans are inhaling an excessive amount...
...definitive production that everybody has had a chance to see on television, but the Tufts Arena is giving the play a go-round any way. No quarrel with Tufts' choice of plays, but Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock are a very hard act to follow. If by some quirk you've never seen this before, see it now. It premiers Wednesday at 8:15. Admission is $3.50, $2 for students on Thursdays...