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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Flight of the Phoenix crashes a shuddery old two-engine transport into the Sahara, follows its crew's effort to construct from the wreckage a spit-and-bailing-wire one-engine plane to escape in, and reaches a peak of excitement when this kite struggles to take off with five men sprawled on its wings. Measured against the ordinary run of adventure epics, Phoenix is a bonanza...
...passed by Congress, the Act gives the Secretary of the Army (and the Corps of Engineers) authority to construct small water-resource projects costing less than $10 million, but requires that the Public Works Committees of both the House and Senate approve specific projects by resolution before money can be spent...
...airstrip with a material that had been used only experimentally in the U.S. before it came to Viet Nam: a thin, interlocking and sandwiched aluminum plate called AM2. The airstrip came out as smooth and as strong as a cement field-which would have taken eight months to construct...
Predictably, the interconnection?or grid?system of itself came under fire. Whatever its virtues or failings, Vermont's Republican Senator George Aiken suggested, "we should construct our power system so that if one egg goes rotten, the others won't." Another clear lesson to many experts is that vast, interlocking grids need to be policed more closely. Under existing law, the Federal Power Commission is empowered only to regulate interstate wholesale electric-power rates, issue permits and licenses for hydroelectric power plants, and perform other bookkeeping chores. The power companies themselves decide what lines will be linked together...
Hall's method is to draw out as many interpretations from the actor as possible. By eliminating those which are not convincing and keeping the few that work, he can eventually construct a successful character...