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...Benton Harbor, Mich., the Whirlpool Corp. uses a staff of telephone-trained technicians to field questions from customers around the country about problems with its line of home appliances. In Fort Washington, Pa., the Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. employs a battery of researchers to handle 800-number telephone queries from parents on a variety of child health-care matters. In Hawthorne, Calif., the Mattel toy company maintains a staff of telephone representatives to advise customers on the operation of the company's toys.and electronic games. In Whippany, N.J., Channel Home Centers, a 91-store hardware chain, offers home repair...
Then in May, United Airlines dealt Boeing another blow by delaying delivery of 20 767 aircraft worth $900 million. United Chairman Richard J. Ferris cited the sluggish economy and fare wars as undermining United's ability to buy, plus congressional threats to kill or modify so-called safe harbor leasing provisions, which allow companies that do not need tax credits to sell them to companies that do. United would have thereby gained many millions of dollars, enabling it to buy Boeing's airplanes...
...seduction scene. When leaves for good, he seems like a strange interlude in both women's lives. In a final tableau, Annie and Helen stand on a darkening stage, their white ankle-length dresses wrapped around them like sails whipped by the wind, knowing that the only safe harbor lies in each other's heart...
DIED. Katsuko Tojo, 91, widow of Japan's World War II Prime Minister and Imperial Army commander, General Hideki Tojo; in Tokyo. Tojo, who was hanged in 1948 for war crimes, never discussed affairs of state with his wife, and she learned of the attack on Pearl Harbor (which he personally ordered) on the radio. She led a quiet life out of the public eye (though one son last year was named president of Mitsubishi Motors) and remained unwaveringly loyal to his memory...
...Kinokawa Mam, a 92,207-ton ore carrier, pulled out of Tokyo harbor last week on its maiden voyage to Australia. When Captain Yukio Imai wanted to change speed, he did not order a crew member to yank the traditional brass-handled lever. Instead, he spoke through a microphone to the ship's computerized engine control, which has a voice synthesizer and recognition device developed by Japan's Sodensha Electronics Ltd. The control device can comprehend eleven verbal commands, from "Full ahead" to "Full astern," given by the captain or two of his officers. To show that...