Word: ferranti
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...first, it was a simple business deal. Seattle's municipal power system needed six transformers and the city had asked for bids. When the bids were opened on Dec. 16, Britain's Ferranti, Ltd. was low with $571,632. But it had failed to meet specifications, so Seattle threw out the bid-and was shocked to find itself at the center of some international high tension...