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Chile, however, is no stranger to major earthquakes. In 1960, a 9.5-magnitude temblor - the strongest quake ever recorded by scientific instruments - hit the Chilean city of Valdivia, killing nearly 2,000 people. And although today's quake is the strongest in the last half-century to hit Chile, the country has had 13 quakes of 7.0 or higher on the Richter scale since 1973. That geologic history helps explain why building codes are far tougher in Chile than they are in Haiti, which should help limit the number of casualties from today's quake. So far, 147 people have...
...Though the U.S. didn't club the entire field on Wednesday, its team still sent a strong message to Europe, which has typically dominated Nordic combined: This sport is no longer yours. The day started out strongest for the Finns, who were counting on the event to increase their paltry medal tally. Finnish Olympic officials had set a goal of 12 medals for the country in Vancouver; to date, it has one. In the last three Olympics, the Finns won gold, silver and bronze in the Nordic combined team competition. "It's not big; it's phenomenal," says Pasi Uusivuori...
...genre to be defined by any one set of especially lousy shows. And for all of everyone's worries 10 years ago, reality TV hasn't crowded "quality shows" off the air. The past 10 years of scripted shows - The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, Mad Men - are the strongest TV has ever had. (One genre that reality may be crowding out is soap operas. As the World Turns is ending, as did Guiding Light, their appeal supplanted by the immersive serial dramas of Jon & Kate, among others...
...foils were particularly underwhelming. One of the Crimson’s strongest squads this season, the trio could not pull themselves together...
...strongest squad is the foil squad,” Brand said. “They dominate and they’ve been very successful all year long...except against Penn. It was a disaster and an anomaly...