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This work stimulated a lot of excitement among geologists. They speculated that stress along the San Andreas could be relieved by pumping water deep into the fault, allowing the Pacific and North American plates to squish by each other gradually, without lurching. The numbers, however, were not on their side. Lubricating the entire fault would require enormous amounts of drilling, flooding and pumping. And since no one knew where the quake might originate, the job would have to be done along a broad stretch of the fault line. They needed a focal point...
...entering the doors is like leaping into a jump rope sequence, two people in a compartment can make it as complicated as double dutch. Is it rude to squish up behind someone? "Damn straight, it's rude, " answers Pete A. Steciuk '03, who feels piggy-backing is a slimy, clumsy way to hit on someone...
...Congress have a pretty extensive exposure to all things sordid, but most of them were probably not prepared for what they heard and saw this week. On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee?s crime panel heard testimony from animal rights activists pushing for criminal penalties for traffickers of animal "squish" or "crush" movies. According to the Associated Press, the films, which feature the graphic torture and death of animals, are part of what one witness called a multimillion-dollar, worldwide industry. "It?s time to stop this windfall," said Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Ca.), the sponsor of the bill that...
Upon the aforementioned bleachers reside the wildest fans in the Ancient Eight. Smothered in green sweatshirts, hats and face paint, two or three thousand students squish together and chant in voices hoarse from the previous night's parties...
...zips across the alkali flats. It's nothing like piloting a computer. And there's the elaborate camera obscura some thoughtful person usually sets up, big enough to walk into and see the desert upside down. And this year, if my girls can be talked into it, we'll squish in the mud of nearby hot springs and wander around as dried-mud people, just like everyone else...