Word: solidated
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...compacted dustlike material that is continually being knocked off crater walls by micrometeorites. U.S. Geological Survey Geologists John McCaulay and Richard Eggleton were fascinated by the apparent presence of erosion channels on the far wall of the crater. They suggest that the channels may have been formed by solid particles flowing down the crater wall...
...time, the Tufts zone had collapsed, and the Crimson was scoring on drives, hook shots, jump shots, and tap-ins. Harvard ended up with a solid 48.8 per cent shooting percentage, to 33.3 per cent for the visitors...
...also detrimental to the educational system because (a) it intensifies competition for grades at a time when many colleges -- including Harvard -- are trying to de-emphasize their importance; (b) grades were never intended to affect in any way the military status of a student; (c) grades are not a solid criterion for selection of recruits since they very so wildly among professors, departments, and colleges; (d) self-protective grade-grubbing in many cases may inhibit intellectual experimentation -- a student will hesitate to take a course that he might not do well in, but in which he might be interested...
...staged two successful operas. But his heart is deep in Texas where at last, he says, he feels secure. "We didn't even have a fund-raising campaign this year," he says happily. "You can't take a risk like that if you're not in solid in your community...
Gush of Oil. For the funds, this has been the year of the big switch. Many have selectively sold off glamour stocks and cyclical shares (autos, steels, non-ferrous metals), which swing along with the ups and downs of the economy. They have gone into more solid, less spectacular "defense" shares that stand to grow with the U.S. population, such as food manufacturers, electric utilities, oils and insurance companies...