Word: split-second
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...villains of the station are the large and expensive Western Union clocks on every wall which give accurate Naval Observatory time. Timing is the god of radio, making scheduling and programming a split-second technical affair...
While the specialists worked furiously, traders' watched the magnified ticker tape flickering across the screens at the four corners of the great room to catch the flash on the price. Not till ten minutes later, a long time by Wall Street's split-second standards, did the tape flash, the first sale-and bring a roar of approval from the floor. The sale: a 25,000-share bloc worth $2,243,750 was sold for 89¾, up 2¼ points from the previous close and within an eyelash of G.M.'s all-time high...
...reporting that "viewers throughout had the feeling it was live TV," hailed the show as probably answering "many of video's most complex problems." Convinced that television's future now lies in Hollywood, Director Telford saw the Fairbanks method doing away with a lot of strain and split-second timing. He predicted cheerily: "It will take the ulcers out of the business...
Object Lesson. The listening audience can thank Godfrey for removing much of the starch and stuffiness from radio. He found the medium bustling with split-second efficiency, and slowed a portion of it to a comfortable walk. He helped clean up the high-pressure babble of machine-made commercials, and proved to a nervous, self-conscious industry that informality pays...
...warning came too late. The P-38 hurtled into the passenger-jammed DC-4 with the split-second destructiveness of a huge explosive shell; its twin propellers chewed through the big plane with a shriek and its projectile impact broke the big plane's back. As the P-38 ricocheted off and plummeted into the river, the shattered transport flashed with fire and broke in two in midair...