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The Cape is a boom town. It is surrounded by a string of airplane-factory plants, then, further away by brand-new bars and motels. The bars and motels all have the same names--the Polaris, the Satellite, and so on--all changing, no doubt, as missiles become obsolete.
One plan-and Diego Garcia fits it nicely-is for a string of "transistorized" bases stretching across the Indian Ocean, with anchors in Europe and Australia. Minimally, these bases would be way stations that bristle with communications antennas, replete with docks for Britain's three Polaris subs and three...
The search for a successor to Mc Cone had been going on ever since last June, when McCone let it be known that he wanted to leave his controversial job. The names of at least 40 men had been bandied about. But Raborn was on nobody's list of...
Drowned in Data. More than anything else, Raborn made use of a then-obscure management system known as PERT (for Program Evaluation Review Technique). Using PERT, Raborn set precise timetables for each phase of the enormously complicated program, thus assured that everything would mesh without time-wasting gaps or overlaps...
The most expensive single computer system in U.S. business is American Airlines' $30.5 million SABRE, a mechanical reservation clerk that gives instant up-to-the-minute information about every plane seat and reservation to American's 55 ticket offices. International Harvester uses a computer to simulate driving conditions...