Word: scenario
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...terminals in highly populated areas, because of the possibility that leaking liquid might vaporize, ignite and form a deadly fireball. Gasmen retort that no one has ever seen such a fireball. John Cabot, chairman of Distrigas, scoffs that a catastrophe is "a lurid image in search of a believable scenario." Whatever their ultimate volume, though, LNG imports are sure to rise; they constitute a supplemental form of energy that the U.S. simply cannot spurn...
...recent athletic budget cuts at the University of Pennsylvania raise the possibility of a similar scenario occurring at other Ivy institutions. The aggressive, organized response of Penn students to the elimination of several athletic teams points up a related question with respect to Harvard: In the absence of a crisis, how much input do students have into our athletic department...
That dramatic scenario occurred nearly 4 million years ago in East Africa's Great Rift Valley. But last week it was vividly recalled by Anthropologist Mary Leakey, who announced that she and her co-workers had found new and revealing traces of our early roots at the site of that ancient African spa: the actual footprints of one of those man-apes. Radioactive dating showed that the prints had been made some 3.59 million to 3.75 million years ago, a hint the creature may be the oldest-known direct ancestor...
However, if Penn had lost while Princeton won, there would have been a three-way tie with the Big Three all finishing the season at 11-3. That scenario would have necessitated playoff games on Tuesday and Thursday. As it turned out, the Quakers finished 12-2, while Princeton and Columbia were both...
Wellsian fantasy? Verne-Vonnegut put-on? Maybe. But while this matutinal scenario may still be years away, the basic technology is in existence. Such painless, productive awakenings will in time be as familiar as Dagwood Bumstead's pajamaed panics. And, barring headaches, tummy aches and heartaches, the American day should proceed as smoothly as it begins. All thanks to the miracle of the microcomputer, the supercheap chip that can electronically shoulder a vast array of boring, time-consuming tasks...