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...modern as it is, though, the Deere factory can hardly compare with the frontier-breaching printed-circuit-board plant of AT&T Technologies in Richmond, Va. There computers receive complex instructions from a dozen Bell Laboratories design centers scattered throughout the U.S. The instructions are then used to turn out on demand a limitless variety of circuit boards containing hundreds of parts. The operation is so smooth that AT&T can change designs overnight without interrupting production...
...belts that carry them to storage. Then, when they are needed for assembly, an operator has only to push a button to transfer them to the work station, either by moving belts or by vehicles guided by wires embedded in the floor. In some cases, robots attach parts to circuit boards...
...rulings give employers the right to repudiate union contracts once they have filed for bankruptcy. Although most of the circuit courts have reached similar conclusions over the past decade, this final confirmation comes as both unwelcome and unfair. In the words of Harvard Law School Professor Charles R. Nesson, "(The ruling) makes bankruptcies an affirmative weapon" against unions...
...decision, the court sustained the Third Circuit appeals court's interpretation of section 365 (a) of the Bankruptcy Code, which states that businesses facing bankruptcy may repudiate "executory contracts" with its creditors subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court...
Although some may resent the self-assured comments of Olympic Downhill Racer Bill Johnson [SPORT, Feb. 27], I would rather listen to Johnson's confident, funny remarks than the false humility and excuses mouthed by the other athletes. So many of the skiers on the international circuit are born with either silver spoons in their mouths or ski resorts in their backyards. Johnson had none of the advantages of his more famous and well-liked competitors. Still, he managed to fight his way to the top. He is a great American athlete...