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...altitudes. If a plane is a 550-m.p.h. jet, the controller gives the pilot 100 miles' clear space ahead, 100 behind; prop-driven planes get 35 miles. Through controllers and towers, miles of Teletype wire and a host of electronic machines, schedules are juggled, flights shifted, with split-second decision and never-ending attention to detail...
...inordinately complex. During it, traffic must flow on the railroad tracks beneath, on the motor ramps that now cut into the present building. Much of the work will have to be done at night, and materials will have to be hauled underground by flatcar, operations coordinated on a split-second schedule with the movement of trains into and out of the terminal. Says Wolfson: "Problems are normal on my job. There will be just a few more here, but it doesn't bother us." Wolfson's philosophical calm conceals a genuine, almost intellectual excitement about construction...
...Reserve industrial capacity, important in World War II and Korea, will contribute little to the split-second crises of the future. But all three services, notably the Air Force, subsidize mothballed plants, keep others ticking over on weapons projects that duplicate projects or are obsolescent...
...left side of his nose. But when he skated back to his place in front of the net, Plante was wearing the mask he had previously used only in practice. Rival goalies lifted scarred eyebrows and wondered whether the mask would slow Plante's split-second performance...
...each with top drivers and pit crews. Chevy made it a major effort, with five cars and a 25-man pit crew sponsored by the Denver Chevrolet Dealers Association. Not to be outdone, Denver Ford dealers entered three cars, with 15 experts on tap for split-second refueling and tire changes...