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There is some kind of complication involving nuclear testing that results in a shift of the tectonic plate that runs through Southern California (the plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault).
If the plate displacement reaches 44 centimeters, boom!
How to stop the plate displacement?
A seismologist I'm not, but what little I know about plate tectonics tells me that the forces driving the plates are such as to defy any merely human intervention.
with a few nods to the original film, including Cloris Leachman playing the sister of Betty White's unforgettable foul-mouthed character from the original, this film tries to step up to the plate.
Each tastes different, and does not necessarily mix with the next, but all belong on the same plate.
Each tastes different, and does not necessarily mix with the next, but they belong together on the same plate, and they complement each other in making the meal satisfying.
If you dare to ask for a bigger plate or an extra helping, the waitress gives you that withering Soviet look - you want too much.
Otherwise, risking major brand damage, they will end up adding yet another item to an already-overloaded plate of challenges for the next generation.
To make its case for a continued global leadership role, America must, however, step up to the plate.
Europe's economic policymakers have enough problems on their plate.
Or the license plate on a vehicle that was issued in 2006?”
Though he has a lot on his plate – from North Korea’s nuclear brazenness to Russia’s encroachment on Western spheres of influence – and the odds of success are desperately slim, the prospect of striking a “big deal” where all his predecessors have failed is simply too tempting to pass up.
Of course, the international community has a lot on its plate nowadays, not least a massive refugee crisis fueled by chaos in the Middle East.
While progress on economic rebalancing is encouraging, China has put far more on its plate: simultaneous plans to modernize the financial system, reform the currency, and address excesses in equity, debt, and property markets.
Nanny never said: “Eat what is on your plate.”
Nor will China get very far with the spurious argument that the US is somehow stirring up regional hostility against it, as if such mischief would be in the long-term interest of an America that already has enough on its plate.
The minerals and rare-earth elements that we exploit to build ingenious devices – extending our bodies and minds – are also a part of this rhythm, and are accessible only because of a great chain of circumstances, from planetary origins to plate tectonics and asteroid impacts.
The world has a lot at stake in China, and China’s authorities have a lot on their plate.
Presumably, a treasury secretary already has enough on his plate to have to worry about the rise of the machines.
But the authorities already have a lot on their plate.
Today, the US Army has a lot on its plate outside the region.
And the oversight that warped Kelvin’s estimate – the possibility that fluid motion could efficiently transport heat within the Earth’s interior – turned out to be critical to understanding plate tectonics and continental drift.
Unless corporations step up to the plate, “American business will suffer from an inadequate workforce, a population of depleted consumers, and large blocs of anti-business voters.”
Why are fish the forgotten victims on our plate?
To be sure, some countries have already stepped up to the plate.
The US may have a lot on its plate, but unless it leads effectively, the challenges it faces will only grow.
It also sits on a massive geological fracture, where the small Hreppafleki plate forms a narrow rift between the tectonic plates of North America and Eurasia.
The Hreppafleki plate can represent China, which has reclaimed its position in the top tier of global powers – a situation to which the US and Europe cannot seem to agree on a response.
The average North American meal now travels 2,400 kilometers (1,491 miles) from field to plate.
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