Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Progress Abroad. Tabler runs into more resistance to new ideas among U.S. building inspectors than European. "Europeans are eager to accept any new idea we develop that is approved by the fire underwriters," he said. "The London Hilton would cost 10% to 15% more if we were building it in...
APPEARANCE is no longer the prime factor in selling," says American Motors President George Romney. "We are now in an era of functionalism." What he means in plain English is that the U.S. businessman today finds himself in a tough, competitive buyer's market where the U.S. consumer has...
Businessmen are well aware of the problem of quality. Many manufacturers are convinced that "planned obsolescence" has gone too far; that the annual addition of frills and fripperies takes money that could be better used to improve quality. "Certainly in cars," says International Harvester Vice President Mark Keeler. "the cost...
With sales dwindling, the entire appliance industry is in the midst of an ambitious program to improve quality. "I'm not saying the whole thing is lousy," explains one Norge executive, "but the automatic washer is probably more susceptible to service than any other appliance in the home." He...
A complex prescription to cure the ailing New Haven Railroad-and other money-losing roads as well-was drafted last week for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Written by ICC Commissioner Charles A. Webb and Hearing Examiner Richard S. Ries, the prescription is aimed at curing the New Haven's...