Shock Waves
A shock wave is essentially a surface of discontinuity propagating supersonically through a medium. Density, pressure, and temperature are unequal on the different sides of the wave front,...
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu
Matsuoka's suicide Monday sent shock waves through Japan's political
and administrative centers as well as Matsuoka's home district in ...
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu
Matsuoka's suicide Monday sent shock waves through Japan's political
and administrative centers as well as Matsuoka's...
Read more
Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
SHOCK WAVES FROM SYRIA (The Washington Post, Washington)
There's been no official confirmation of the targets or results
of an Israeli ai...
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The Russian military has successfully tested what it described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb, Russia's state television reported Tuesday.It was the latest show of Russ...
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An undercover officer who pinned an innocent Brazilian man to his subway seat as he was shot by police told a British court Monday that he was close enough to the victim to feel the shock wave from...
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Russell Carter scored 21 points and Rob Kurz had 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 21 Notre Dame to its seventh straight victory, 94-63 over Elon on Saturday night.The Irish (8-1), coming off c...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
MATSUOKA'S SUICIDE (IHT/Asahi as translated from the
Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published May 29)
Farm minister Tosh...
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Prosecutors said Thursday they will detain a 17-year-old senior
high school boy for two months through Aug. 30 for psychiatric
checkups after he sent shoc...
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Prosecutors said Thursday they will detain a 17-year-old senior
high school boy for three months through Aug. 30 for psychiatric
checkups after he sent shock waves through Japanese society ea...
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Police kept watch at portals to Beijing's Tiananmen Square on
Monday, the 18th anniversary of the military crackdown on democracy
protests, stopping people and checking their bags in what was...
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Shock Waves
Farm minister Matsuoka's suicide sends shock waves through Japan
