Word: intersection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While neither of the Sunday quakes hit along the San Andreas Fault, where experts believe the Big One will eventually strike, both were on faults that intersect it. That could put more pressure on the San Andreas and hasten the arrival of a mega-quake -- a devastating prospect, since the San Andreas runs through the populous Los Angeles basin...
...David Sarnoff, the founder of NBC, is one of those ruthless people ("I don't get ulcers; I give them," he once said), but he was the indispensable man who brought radio to the mass audience. Together, their lives illustrate a seldom-told story: how creativity and commerce intersect to form progress...
...What are the chances that much of life could once again be snuffed out by a collision with an icy comet? Rather small, but there are plenty of asteroids in the heavens capable of causing devastation. Astronomers have identified more than 130 asteroids whose paths could intersect earth's orbit. Consisting largely of rock or iron, some are over a mile wide and could ram the earth at 65,000 km (40,000 miles) per hour. The odds of a strike within the next 50 years are probably less than one in 10,000. But whenever it does happen...
...rock has always been enriched by everything going on around it, including its recurring and eternally recyclable history. Whatever action goes down on the Top 10, the past and the future of rock will continue to intersect on the streets as well as the charts. While the rhythm goes through all kinds of redefinition, it might also be helpful to keep in mind that objects in the rearview mirror are always closer than they appear...
...helmet. "Keep your wings level with his; now come on back on the stick. Keep your eyes on him." I'm looking straight up through the canopy, my head back as far as it will go. It gets heavier as we go over in a roll to intersect the geometry of the other plane's evasive maneuver. The gravity force is building up again, and the plane begins to buffet. I've used up too much energy, and we slide down, missing another chance to line up a shot. The earth comes spiraling up at us as we regain airspeed...