Word: path
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...born black, you were born in jail." Malcolm would have been pleased, too, with the long lines of white supporters who marched around Mass Hall for seven days. "I have been convinced," he said, "that some American whites do want to help cure the rampant racism which is on path to destroying this country...
...inherent simplicity. No longer will pilots have to zigzag their way along radio beams from one VOR station to another until they finally reach their destination. Instead, the R-Nav computer will enable them to use the signals from existing stations to set up their own straight-line "phantom" path with waystations that will guide them directly from one airport to another. (Ground controllers will still have to approve the route and monitor the flight to avoid conflict with other planes.) Furthermore, R-Nav will relieve bottlenecks near airports. Aircraft will be able to approach the landing runway from...
...distance and direction to the next waystation. On a higher level, there are systems like Omnitrac, made by Britain's Decca Navigator Co. and tested successfully on Eastern's Washington-New York-Boston shuttle. It not only gives the pilot the required altitude for his flight path but also displays his plane's position on a moving map or TV-type cathode-ray tube throughout the trip. Finally, there are more sophisticated systems like the Arma-Decca Mona system (for modular navigation) and Collins' ANS-70, which can store and read out voluminous information, including navigational...
...down but also manipulate an "english control," which can simulate slap shots and shift the direction of the "puck" as it crosses the center line. Good concentration and coordination are also essential in games like "Skiing," which requires the player to keep the light square tracking down a curving path on a simulated mountainside in a race against the clock...
Indeed, many feel that the path is a deadend. The worn tactics--lobbying (by students or by college presidents), obstructive sit-ins, and certainly aimless violence--now have questionable influence on the decisions that are made in the offices that count in Washington. What they do influence is the way Nixon foists those decisions on the public. The reaction to the Cambodian incursion of 1970 did not instruct Nixon not to invade Laos six months later; rather it taught him how to time his actions and manage the press. Strategy seems sometimes to focus more on what the Administration...