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Picture yourself walking alone, down a deserted street, late at night. You hear a strange noise behind you. Your heart starts to beat faster, you walk more quickly and you start to imagine yourself being attacked. An unlikely scenario? Unfortunately not, particularly for women in urban areas...
This latter scenario is within the realm of possibility. Bok has always had a good rapport with the student body. He has certainly been more sympathetic to our opinions and concerns than have the Overseers or members of the Corporation...
...theory, presented at a meeting of the Geological Society of America in San Francisco, is the first to offer a plausible scenario for when and where the continents drifted during this critical period in the planet's history, just as life was beginning to emerge from the sea. It may help explain the birth of the Pacific Ocean, and even point the way to valuable mineral deposits. Said co-author Ian Dalziel, from the University of Texas at Austin: "The theory gives us a new road map for the past 570 million years...
...several geologic mysteries. Researchers have not yet agreed on the origin of the Pacific Ocean. Some have suggested it was formed when Siberia split off from North America; a few even postulated it was created by the moon calving off from the earth long ago. In the new scenario, the ocean would have been created when Antarctica and Australia migrated away from North America 570 million years...
...besetting perestroika, new limits on glasnost, the growing role of the military and the KGB in domestic politics, and an overall shift to the right. Pessimists talk as though there were only two alternatives: the disintegration of the country or the return of totalitarianism. In fact, while each nightmare scenario is plausible, a third, far happier outcome is still possible. Indeed, it could come about as a result of the interaction between the two dangers everyone fears...