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Many engineers argue that because quakes are here to stay, the best approach is not predicting them but erecting sound buildings, bridges and dams on relatively safe sites. "It's not earthquakes that kill people," says Don Tocher of the new ESSA lab, "it's the buildings that people build that kill people." But seismologists point out that high costs have discouraged the construction of better buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Taming of Earthquakes | 9/7/1970 | See Source »

DONALD A. TOCHER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 13, 1959 | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

Also chosen for posts on the Red Book board were Donald Tocher as treasurer, Eli Surat as Editorial Chairman, John Munroe as Sports Editor, and Edwin Zolik as Photo Chairman. The new board has already taken over, according to Saxton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CO-EDITORS OF '46 RED BOOK ARE SELECTED | 12/8/1942 | See Source »

Those men elected to the business board as the result of last summer's competition are: William Bayliss of Adams House, Donald Brown of Eliot, Douglas Danner of Lowell, Steven Ives of Winthrop, Bernard Levinson of Dudley, Putnam McDowell of Winthrop, Laurence Timtson of Lowell, Don Tocher of Lowell, and Charles Winchester of Kirkland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEN MEN ELECTED TO REDBOOK BOARD | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

CALIFORNIA: James D. Burke, 16, of Corona del Mar; Webb School of California, Claremont; Rufus B. Clark, Jr., 18, of Los Angeles; Los Angeles High School; Peter M. Lewis, 17, of Redlands; Webb School, Claremont. Lawrence S. Timpson, Jr., 17, of Piedmont; Piedmont High School; Don Tocher, 16, of Carmel High School; Truman O. Woodruff, 17, of Oakland; Oakland High School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 39 WIN NATIONAL HONOR STIPENDS | 5/29/1942 | See Source »

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