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#whenwewerekings Quando venne inaugurato, era il traforo autostradale più lungo al mondo. Per dare un'idea dell'impresa, il geometra Pietro Alaria orchestrò un sistema di triangolazione classica che ottenne un errore di meno di 10 cm verticalmente alla congiunzione dei 2 tratti scavati, e nullo orizzontalmente. L'ingegneria di oggi si concede margini superiori. Era il 16 luglio di 60 anni fa. #eccellenzaitaliana Sotto il Monte Bianco - RaiPlay https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/sottoilmontebianco #engineering
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However, I do remember this from vaguely 1975 and it was crystallized by the documentary #WhenWeWereKings which also has contributions from Mailer and others like #GeorgePlympton and goes into the build up to the fight which took place in #Zaire under #Mobutu.
The book is amazingly written and the way Mailer describes events is superb in my opinion. He really brings the training and the sparring (both literal and figurative between Ali and Foreman) to life. [Cont...]
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However, I do remember this from vaguely 1975 and it was crystallized by the documentary #WhenWeWereKings which also has contributions from Mailer and others like #GeorgePlympton and goes into the build up to the fight which took place in #Zaire under #Mobutu.
The book is amazingly written and the way Mailer describes events is superb in my opinion. He really brings the training and the sparring (both literal and figurative between Ali and Foreman) to life. [Cont...]