Word: splitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Meinesz, the earth formed a dense core that stopped the single-cell circulation. Then, the molten inner material was forced to circulate in smaller cells which reached the surface in several places. This spelled trouble for the single continent. One of the streams of material rose beneath it, split it asunder and moved the pieces apart...
...Puro Pinget, a stone's throw away, a dozen murders have taken place in the past year over a faction fight that has split the northern and southern sections of the village into warring groups. Puro Pinget's new village boss, elected fortnight ago by unanimous vote, is 37-year-old David Torda, currently out on bail on a charge of killing a 72-year-old neighbor in June...
...civilian, into the time normally required for one. In an age of awesome weaponry and a worldwide battle of ideas, the problem is getting some new answers, notably at the new Air Force Academy north of Colorado Springs-where the aim is "education, not training," the curriculum is evenly split between science and the humanities, and the students hardly touch their seats to cockpits in four years. Last week the Army and Navy turned in the same direction...
...Play." But the dispute between legislators and labor leaders was not the only-and perhaps not the most important-result of the House labor vote. In the wake of that vote came a split in House Democratic ranks that may well influence the whole legislative course for a long while to come. Although they fight each other on civil rights issues, Northern liberals and Southern conservatives have long scratched each others' backs in other areas: Northerners, for example, have supported such Southern-backed bills as price supports for peanuts, tobacco and cotton, while Southerners have helped put across Northern...
Undercover Cats. Musicians Mitchell and Ruff have the credentials to know. Both are fine classical musicians (Mitchell played with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Ruff has a B.A. and M.A. from Yale) who formed a jazz duo and split their time between lectures and nightclub dates. In Russia, traveling with 30 members of the Yale Russian Chorus on an informal tour, the pair made contact with the young musicians of the Moscow Conservatory, gave an impromptu concert, and were introduced around to Russia's undercover cats...