Word: workmanship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent article in another Soviet publication revealed local worries about safety at Chernobyl. A story printed a month or so ago in Literaturna Ukraina, a Kiev publication, attacked shoddy building practices and workmanship at the power station. Writer Lyubov Kovalevska, who lives near the facility, noted "deficiencies" in the quality of construction and demanded that "each cubic meter of reinforced concrete must guarantee reliability and, thus, safety." The article's headline: "It Is Not a Private Matter...
...Gorbachev is demanding better economic performance from his allies not through any drastic reform but simply through attacking the familiar abuses of the Communist systems: waste, corruption, sclerotic bureaucracy and poor workmanship. Instead of policy and leadership changes, $ Eastern Europe's regimes are under marching orders to take the slack out of the existing economic systems. Central planning remains, but better and younger economic management is expected to bring improved results...
Some U.S. industries, notably steel and autos, let their labor costs get out of hand, solidifying America's double-edged distinction of having the highest paid manufacturing workers in the world (see chart). Others turned out products that consumers judged to be of poor design and workmanship, unwittingly setting themselves up as targets for foreign competitors. Standout example: Japanese cars are no longer remarkably cheap in the U.S., but they sell heavily on what Detroit automakers concede is a reputation for superior quality. American automen insist they have improved the quality of their cars enough to equal the Japanese...
...Navy was the first to complain, declaring in July that its Phoenix air-to-air missiles, being supplied by Hughes at close to $1 million apiece, showed evidence of "marginal workmanship." The Air Force followed suit with complaints about its heat-sensing air-to-ground Maverick missiles, which cost $100,000 each...
...home in on enemy planes using computer-guided radar - when it works. Last week the Navy, which budgeted $388.7 million for the missiles this fiscal year, publicly complained about the quality of the product. It told Hughes Aircraft Co. it would no longer accept shipments because of "marginal workmanship." Said one Navy officer: "It's quality control throughout the missile. When it's working, it's the best air missile in the world...