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...came to Waxahachie, Texas, to stay. While the 50-year-old structural engineer had helped build plenty of shopping malls and bridges in his time, they seemed like nothing when he first heard of the superconducting supercollider (SSC). Recalls Grossholz: "I said, 'This is it.' It was a helluva project, something we could all have been proud of, something we could have passed on to our kids...
...countless new arrivals to the city. The last time such a crop of eager young technocrats arrived to take over the capital, Sam Rayburn surveyed the bushy-tailed crowd and told Lyndon Johnson, "Well, Lyndon, they may be just as intelligent as you say. But I'd feel a helluva lot better if just one of them had ever run for sheriff...
Following Nightline's visit, the broadcast went on to become the most honored series of news reports in the history of broadcast journalism. Now, when the company's African American journalists are recalled from that period, they are not credited with having come up with one helluva great idea--perhaps the best news programming any employee has produced until that time. Rather, they are mostly recalled for having been a pain in the butt all those years...
Would it be worth it? "It's not a solution to all earthquake problems, but there are a lot of practical applications," says Allan Lindh of the U.S. Geological Survey. "To have 30 seconds' warning would sound like a helluva idea to me if I worked near a sulfuric acid vat." Japan has already built advanced systems to shut down nuclear power plants, cut the gas flow from public utilities and issue tsunami alerts. Similar systems could divert incoming aircraft, warn rescue workers of aftershocks and minimize damage to computer, telecommunication and financial data networks...
...also got to know Joe Morgan, and I think he's a helluva guy. He cares about his grandchildren, his garden, his job. He's friendly. He tells great stories. He keeps baseball in perspective...