Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guidance system wakes up. The cruise follows a preprogrammed course until it crosses a coastline. Then the missile can fly as low as 50 ft. in flatlands and over water, and up to about 500 ft. in more contoured country. When the brain says that there is a barrier or hills ahead, the missile flies over or around the obstacle. In wartime, this low altitude dash and the missile's small size make it virtually untrackable and unstoppable. On enemy radar screens, the cruise is almost impossible to spot, and Mach2 fighters and surface-to-air missiles...
...Harvard's Hackett touched sixth in 1:37.48. The third and fourth records came from in the 100 fly and 100 breast, respectively. Arvidsson shaved Joe Bottom's mark of 47.77 by a hundredth of a second while Smith became the first person to break the 55-second barrier as he stroked to a 54.91 clocking. The 800 free relay supplied the Viking Natatorium with the evening's closest finish. Florida, Auburn, UCLA, and Cal hit the final was a mere .59 seconds apart, with Florida winning in a record tying...
...advantage Rose gleaned from his unorthodox eating habits coupled with a well-developed ability to focus toward goals made the former USC swim captain nearly unbeatable in the "psyche" process. This competitive drive and concentration gave Rose an extra edge when on his way to breaking the 18-minute barrier for the 1500-meter swim...
...East Germany's four-man bobsled team rattling down the refrigerated run on Mount Van Hoevenberg in 59.86 sec., breaking the one-minute barrier for the first time ever, then breaking it again the next...
...Lears. Even if we strain, we can't hear the hoofbeats of the Apocalypse galloping closer. Nor do we realize, like Lear, that life and space and time will not stand still while we crawl in the maddening mud of self-pity. Instead, this Lear alienates us, erects a barrier between the stage and the audience, makes us struggle to stay in our seats. We throw up our hands. We do not want to watch TV, to see the results of the New Hampshire primary or an Ajax commercial on Sellar's quartet of black and white sets...