To complete the first route by 2008, Minister Liu, whose ambition and flamboyance earned him the nickname Great Leap Liu, drove his crews and engineers to work in shifts around the clock, laying track, revising blueprints, and boring tunnels.

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"Amtrak crews have been working around the clock to clear affected track of large amounts of snow, in excess of several fee in some cases, " the rail line said in a statement.

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"He might get up this morning and call (coach) Ampie (Louw) and say he wants to be at the track at one o'clock, " Van Zyl said.

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This is going to be a battle for the heart and mind of the American worker, and the ammunition will be counted in the LED displays that clock the cars, slowly, one by one, off the end of the track at places like Lake Orion.

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Progress is extended by reaching checkpoints before the clock winds down ala retro arcade racers, and no single run is alike thanks to a dynamically shifting track.

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