Word: gateway
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first siren whoosh of the commercial jetliner not only changed man's notion of time and travel by shrinking the earth some 40%, but set off an earth-bound revolution that is transforming the whole façade and function of the jet age's gateway: the airport. Nations and cities are taking a searching second look at the airports that served the piston-plane age -and finding them wanting. The result is an immense worldwide building boom to adapt them to the new and challenging problems-for pilots, passengers and cities -of the 600 m.p.h. jet planes...
Prototype: Idlewild. The most glittering airport showcase-and one of the first to be rebuilt-is New York International Airport at Idlewild, the gateway to the U.S. (an estimated 8,550,000 air travelers this year). Because Idlewild is one of the world's busiest airports (an average of 640 landings and takeoffs a day) and a technological primer of jet age forethought, it has become the prototype and laboratory for many of the world's changing airports. This week ten officials of Aeroflot, the Soviet civil airline, will poke through every nook and cranny of Idlewild...
...above the Inland Sea, on Nov. 23, 1896. From childhood he had drummed into him the glories of the Sato family, the Choshu clan and the warrior class. Aristocratic Moyo Sato constantly reminded her son that their ancestors had been charged by the Emperor with guarding Shimonoseki Strait, the gateway to the Inland Sea. Her uncle was a major general who founded the Japanese cavalry; her brothers and sisters married into top families, including the Matsuokas and Yo-shidas. "Never forget you are a samurai," she said. "Never take second place...
...precisely these matters-attempting to show that every individual and, in fact, every atom are rooted in a Perfect Infinity or God-consciousness beyond the range of space and time. The Church would do well to adapt to these realities and thereby strengthen its position as a true gateway to the God-source...