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Earthquakes, it turns out, have a lot in common with tornadoes: they are capricious beasts ruled by what physicists refer to as nonlinear dynamics, which means precise forecasting of when and where they will occur is impossible. In theory, major earthquakes should be preceded by smaller shocks. They are, but the earliest foreshocks may be so weak as to be hard to distinguish from background seismic ``noise.'' And for every small tremor that is followed by a big quake, others may not be followed by anything much...
...hottest groups in rhythm and blues right now is the vocal trio TLC. The letters stand for the members' nicknames--Tionne (``T-Boz'') Watkins, Lisa (``Left Eye'') Lopes and Rozonda (``Chilli'') Thomas--but there are a lot of other things the name could refer to. Tender Loving Care, of course, is one possibility, and the group's enormously charming new CD, CrazySexyCool, is full of songs about women in search of love, caring and tenderness. Given the well-publicized travails of the group, however--Lopes is facing charges that she burned down her boyfriend's house, and Thomas is searching...
...would seem that, contrary to the calls of supporters of ordered choice in the housing lottery debate, who continually refer to the University's concessions to P.C. notions of "diversity" in defiance of its long tradition of house character, history is on the side of total randomization. Indeed, it is surprising that it has taken this long to bring about a change that seems to have been built in to the houses in the first place. Wrote President Lowell...
...hottest groups in R. and B. right now is the vocal trio TLC. The letters stand for the members' nicknames Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas but there are a lot of other things the name could refer to. Tender Loving Care, of course, is one possibility, and the group's enormously charming new CD, CrazySexyCool, is full of songs about women in search of love, caring and tenderness. Given the well- publicized travails of the group, however Lopes is facing charges that she burned down her boyfriend's house, and Thomas is searching...
...nice for the Square to possess "character." But "character" is too often used as a euphemism to refer to the undefined, amorphous quality possessed only by shabby and inefficient businesses...