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...then suddenly, from out of nowhere, the Buckeyes passed the Terrapins and the Red Storm to make it into the Final Four...
...eerie moment for owners of electronic pagers last May, when 45 million of the units across North America suddenly flickered and died. The blackout was caused not by some routine equipment failure but by a massive storm on the surface of the sun that shorted out an Earth-orbiting communications satellite. Such solar typhoons are not uncommon, and the damage they do can be considerable. Last week NASA announced that it may now be possible to predict the storms and take action to limit their impact...
That time can be well used. Satellite operators who know a cme storm front is coming can briefly shut their systems off to prevent short-circuiting. Earth-based power grids can be temporarily--if expensively--reconfigured to provide extra grounding. Astronauts planning a space walk can stay indoors until the danger passes. "Each sigmoid is like a loaded gun," says solar researcher Alphonse Sterling, who helped make the discovery. Now, it seems, humanity may have a better chance of dodging the bullet...
...Jarvis can also claim much of the credit for the Storm's 86-61 demolition of Indiana in the second round--his zone stifled the Hoosiers into 40 percent shooting, and Bobby Knight said that he couldn't have beaten St. John's with five more tries...
...Storm has one palpable weakness, it's inside strength, where the oft-injured Grant and junior Lavor Postell provide some size but much vulnerability...