Word: split-second
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...Eager to show Democrat Lyndon Johnson that he too rated such privileges, Dirksen phoned Lyndon as they were both being driven from the Hill to their homes. "Hello, Lyndon," he said. "This is Everett. I'm calling you from my limousine with my new phone." There was a split-second pause. "Wait a minute, Everett," said Lyndon. ''My other phone is ringing...
...researchers found no physiological differences between the two types. Their blood pressures were in the same range, both at rest and under stress. In psychomotor skills (brake reaction time, vision, making split-second decisions), the high-accident men rated a notch higher than low-risk types−but in responding more quickly they also made more mistakes...
...their reclining seats equipped with earplug radio receivers. Passengers too indolent to make their way to diner or buffet are served by uniformed girls trundling carts richly laden with food and sake up and down the aisles. Not the least of Kodama's claims to fame is its split-second scheduling. Trains leave with the precision of a time signal, are allowed errors of only 15 seconds in passing major stations along the route. Five minutes' leeway is permitted on time of arrival but more than a minute of this margin is rarely used...
...baseballs with specially aged New Jersey creek mud that costs $12.50 a can. He must know by heart all 550 regulations in the baseball rule book. He must not only keep high-strung athletes from beating one another up, but prohibit fraternizing between the teams. He must make split-second decisions with confident finality, and he must be, or at least appear, totally immune to criticism. Says Veteran Charlie Berry, 58, of the American League: "You go into this business knowing that they'll never build a monument...
...boat raised core samples from the bottom and tested the oxygen content of the deep. The results, carefully evaluated in the laboratory on shore, were disturbing. At 10,000 years of age, Douglas Lake was past its prime, and slowly dying. In a few more thousand years-a mere split-second in geological time-this haunt of fishermen will be gone, with nothing but a bog to mark its grave...