Word: wave
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...Paris and New York had warmed up more than regions near the equator. That was consistent with computer models. "These are all expected signatures of the greenhouse effect," Hansen said. Still, he and other leading scientists warned against concluding that the greenhouse effect is directly responsible for the heat wave that is parching areas of the U.S. "Why didn't we have a drought last summer?" he asks. "You can only say that the probability of drought is increased by the greenhouse effect...
Duarte's farewell at Ilopango had a sad dignity, but could not disguise the fact that he departed a defeated man. In 1984 the stocky Christian Democrat rode to the presidency on a wave of popular enthusiasm for two of his electoral promises: to bring El Salvador's civil war to an end and to usher in an era of stability. That hope has long since given way to military stalemate, political confusion, social despair and pervasive corruption. When he took office, Duarte was touted by the Reagan Administration as the man who would bring democracy to El Salvador...
...first it is a great bowed head and shoulders, rearing up from the earth and leaning forward. Its immense back carries memories of Matisse's bronze backs, and its pose refers, distantly, to Brancusi's Mlle. Pogany. Then, from the side, one notices how it resembles a big wave about to topple -- the ocean over which the deity ruled. And finally, from the front, closer in, the deep pits and bosses in the surface suggest a rock carved at random by the swilling of that sea. It is a work of astonishing power and distinction...
...resulting from earthquakes deep within the earth are split into a complex system of overlapping "tones." The implication: there is something going on in the core that no one had previously suspected. Recalls John Woodhouse, a colleague of Dziewonski's at Harvard: "It was the beginning of a new wave of attention to the core...
...impending Dalton decision on whether to sue and the Jackson case come at a time when other universities are facing more discrimination suits, Gertner said. She said the suits are the product of the decreasing number of senior-level openings for the women and minorities hired after the first wave of anti-discrimination hiring laws...