Word: withstanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact that the company is now so broadly based that such setbacks as the washout of the 6-70 program and cancellation of the F108 interceptor have failed to check its growth. He is determined, too, to keep North American fast enough on its feet, not only to withstand but to profit from the dizzying rate of change in military technology. "Keeping up with change is indispensable to survival," says Atwood. "Creating change is the key to leadership...
Outside of its jet interceptors, the 4,600-man Enterprise has no weapons for its own defense, will rely on its speed, maneuverability and the guns and rockets of its shepherding ships for survival in the age of the atom and the missile. The Enterprise is specially reinforced to withstand nuclear attack, can seal itself off below the hangar deck to avoid fallout, and has a washdown system to sluice away the spray from atomic near misses...
...against blast as well as fallout. The Bristol shelter lies under 40 inches of radiation-resistant material, can house and feed 1.500 employees for two weeks. Water is drawn from underground wells, and a pulsating communications center is equipped to send and receive short-wave messages. The shelter can withstand blast and fallout from a 20-megaton bomb five miles away...
Today, the CRIMSON is well off financially, and probably at its journalistic and technical peak. It is one of the few college dailies to withstand the strain of a six-day week, and looks forward to remaining vigorous...
...replacing it with 1,600,000 tons of steel, 2,700,000 tons of concrete, and hundreds of miles of electrical ganglia. In Montana alone, 150 Minuteman silos will be dispersed over a 20,000-sq.-mi area, nearly twice the size of Maryland. They have been designed to withstand any nuclear blast short of a direct hit on their steel and concrete doors. From generators to toilets, everything that goes into an underground complex is shockproof or shock-mounted on rubber. The floors and walls of each complex do not join; instead, they are linked with a foot-wide...