Word: occurred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...commission report states that "although no additional factual information was forthcoming, the commission concluded, on the basis of the consistency of the several complaints received, that discrimination by certain individuals did indeed occur at the DuBois lecture...
...most exciting moves in last night's fencing farce between Brandeis and Harvard did not occur on the strips. While the Crimson stumbled to a 16-11 win, a well-shaped girl in bright red pants would occasionally walk to the door and yawn. Most of the eyes in the IAB fencing room followed the red pants, oblivious to the fencing...
Wobbling Earth. Strangely enough, last week's tremors did not occur along the San Andreas fault or any of the active faults that are associated with it. They originated some distance away, along a swath roughly 20 miles long, running at approximately right angles to the big fault. It is in this area that the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Los Angeles, meet the San Fernando Valley. Judging by ruptures in this surface and readings from their instruments, scientists concluded that the mountains had either pushed a few feet over the valley, or that the valley had thrust underneath...
...precipitate psychosis in perhaps one out of 300 cases, but only in "those who were about to crack anyway." Attacks of anxiety occur in a small percentage of cases, but the panic is transitory; it disappears when the victim is assured that nothing is seriously wrong with...
Leisure and Luxuries. Though the markets of the future are highly unpredictable because of social and political uncertainties, several trends seem likely to occur. Consumers-and voters -will have an unprecedented amount of choice about how to spend their new wealth. A substantial part will probably be siphoned away by higher taxes, but those taxes could help to pay for cleaner air and water, improved medical care, better teachers, more reliable public transportation and new day-care centers for working mothers. Even so, the demand for luxury goods and services will probably soar. Millions of families will buy or rent...