Word: split-second
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...long and lusty history, drama has never had as harsh a taskmaster as television, with its demands for a strong, simple story line, effective closeups, tight staging and split-second timing. Last week, with a brilliant series of first-rate plays, TV proved that, with all its demands, it is capable of producing a powerful and effective art form...
...Sick, filthy and brutal, they see in the circus a last chance to earn the price of a bottle. White or black, they are driven by a tough core of boss men who see that the circus gets set up, that the animals are fed, that the whole complicated, split-second job of keeping the show on the road is done at whatever human price...
...assigned to a small (6 ft. by 10 ft.), freshly painted cubicle containing only a narrow cot and a washstand. From then on, his life is much like that of a military inductee. His day begins at 6:15 with 20 minutes of calisthenics, proceeds on a split-second schedule which keeps him constantly moving on the double. He is never left unsupervised. (At Kidlington there are eleven staff members watching over 55 boys.) After breakfast and inspection, the younger boys attend classes; the older ones work about the grounds (with brief cocoa break at 11) until 11:55, break...
Professional Pessimism. With Ronnie Knox calling the shots, the Bruins looked as bright as their billing. Linemen charged with bone-crushing power, wingbacks moved with split-second precision. When defense men tackled, their opponents dropped. In all, Ronnie completed six passes, three for touchdowns. Whenever he wanted to keep the Aggies honest, he was able to send 210-lb. Bob Davenport, one of the best fullbacks in the country, bulling through the line. For the first time in his seven-year career at U.C.L.A., Sanders has a team that can either "go over 'em or through 'em." Final...
...their compartment. They faced a nerve-shredding test of their skill and endurance: the City of Merced was about to take off in her final flight in the U.S. Strategic Air Command's annual bombing and navigation competition, the supreme peacetime test of air-combat capability. From split-second improvisations during the hours of competition come bombing and navigating techniques that are later adopted as standard operating procedure...