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...mind's ear to skid passively over the letters and words is reduced by the book's arbitrarily changing typography. The continuous flow of conversation that can be experienced by listening to a tape is fragmented in print by paragraphs, arbitrary variations in column width and distracting initials used to identify the speakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: ZZZZZZZZ | 12/27/1968 | See Source »

Within this rough isosceles triangle, 80-miles in maximum width between Milwaukee and Madison, the two largest cities, 55 per cent of the state's population lives on 15 per cent of the land...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: A View of Wisconsin | 3/21/1968 | See Source »

...took Dunster several months to convince recalcitrant Administrators that the $600, 30-foot bridge--which extends across the width of the hall's high ceiling--was necessary. This was the reason for the huge celebration when the bridge was finally installed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hundreds Cheer Dunster's Bridge | 3/18/1968 | See Source »

...mile road course for sports cars and the stock-car "trioval"-a roughly triangular, 2½-mile circuit with two high-speed turns banked at 31° and a third turn banked at 18°. The banking, the perfectly smooth asphalt paving, plus the track's unusual width -three cars can race abreast-make it the fastest race track in the world. In qualifying trials for last week's tenth annual Daytona 500, the top 13 qualifiers ran the course at more than 180 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: King of the Stocks | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

Blue Lines. Twin lines running parallel across the width of the ice that divide the rink into three 60-ft. zones-attacking, defending and neutral (center ice). When a team is on the attack, the puck must cross the opponent's blue line ahead of all offensive players (to prevent them from lurking around the goal, waiting for a length-of-the-ice pass); otherwise play is stopped and reopened with a face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: RULES OF THE RINK | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

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