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...becoming a father changed your perspective on life? -Chris Brockway, Chandler, Ariz.It doesn't make me want to be less aggressive on the racetrack. I love what I do. It makes me more passionate because now I see real purpose. I want my family to be proud of me, I want my wife and my daughter to come and be a part of what's been a part of my life for so long. It's brought a whole new excitement to my life...
...have all the answers," he says. "But that is what SDI is all about. It is a research program." One way to test the system thoroughly, he says, may be through computer simulations of a full-scale nuclear war--a goal he thinks can eventually be achieved. Brockway Mac-Millan, a retired vice president at Bell Laboratories who directed the development of the Safeguard antiballistic-missile software system in the early 1970s, agrees. "Given the proper tools and enough time," he says, "I think the software problems can be solved." --By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
...rumble underfoot starts faintly, then grows in force to recall the roar of a distant subway train. Tons of water are pouring down the 47-ft. drop at the Brockway Mills hydroelectric plant and smashing against the turbine blades. The glistening steel shaft connecting turbine to generator begins to revolve, accelerating quickly. Needles on gauges tremble and move upward; panel lights...
...Brockway Mills is on line, ready to feed 850 kilowatts of electric power from the Williams River falls into the Vermont power grid. For David F. Buckley, who swam at this same scenic spot as a boy and who has been struggling since 1979 to bring the modest $1.9 million plant into being, it is a rhapsodic moment. Standing inside the powerhouse as the 18-ft.-high generator whirs, he says, "For me this is like music...
...also believed the project would benefit society in another way. Every kilowatt generated from the river's waters means less burning of fossil fuels, and less atmospheric pollution, less increase in the greenhouse effect. Operating Brockway Mills will save 4,000 bbl. of oil each year. And Buckley readily admits that he hoped to make a profit from his work -- a concept known as doing well while doing good...