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...East are nervously tracking another design that is much easier to build. Unlike earlier models, the new weapon uses ordinary 1/8-in. bridge wire, a steel fiber common in the construction of suspension bridges. Spun while red-hot around large-diameter steel pipe, the wire strengthens the barrel enough to withstand the pressures of firing long-distance shells. Syria, Libya and other potential users would have no trouble manufacturing such guns...
...mechanic familiar with the boat Browne will pilot blurts out to Strickland: "My bet would be this -- either he wins or he dies. You pay me either way. If he quits or runs behind, I pay you." It also remains to be seen whether Browne's idealism can withstand the self-enforced isolation of the seas, and whether his marriage to Anne, mired in comfort and mutual tolerance, will outlast the rough shocks of separation. And what of Strickland's film? Will it be an expose of a hollow man and woman? "You're not making...
...failures of the 1980s showed the researchers that they knew almost nothing about building machines that could withstand and harness the turbulence of wind. Early models used blades of a type originally designed for helicopters. Since wind pressure could vary considerably from one end of the blade to the other, the rotor would wobble wildly and eventually break off. Sudden gusts of wind could overpower the machine and burn out its energy- converting turbine. Some engineers tried solving the problems by building heavier machines, but that simply made them more expensive...
...across. One was to be a reservoir for drinking water; others were used to cool the air pumped through the complex's massive mainframe computers to prevent them from overheating. Side tunnels were dug, and more than 20 cavernous offices were put in, some shored up with concrete. To withstand the severe exterior shock of a nuclear blast, the roof areas of the tunnels and rooms were reinforced with 21,000 iron bolts sunk 8 to 10 ft. into the rock, according to records at the National Archives...
...solid steel door that Fowler estimates is 5 ft. thick, 10 ft. high and nearly 20 ft. across. It rests on wheels and can be opened and closed electronically. Says former FEMA head Becton: "The entrance is such that if they were to pop a nuke, it would withstand whatever they popped...