This is not an abstract, philosophical, academic point, but a strategic purpose of great practical significance.

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Despite Grand Central's strategic significance, however, a bucket of sand tipped into one of these converters would have been enough to bring the terminal -- and 80% of the country's eastbound military movement -- to a standstill.

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