Word: shifting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...change demanded by industry: revision of the standard contract's Section 2-B, which deals with the work rules-varying from one mill to another-that govern such matters as the number of men needed for a particular task and the extent of management's authority to shift men around. Charging that the rules now foster "featherbedding and loafing," industry wants to add to Section 2-B a provision that "nothing in this contract shall prevent management from improving the operating efficiency of its plants...
...list price of $1,860 is only $196 below Chevy's cheapest model, the Biscayne. But the spread will grow when it comes to the buyer's choice of extras. The Corvair handles so easily that it needs no power brakes or power steering, and its automatic shift, at $135, is $50 less than on Chevy models. Cole expects that many Corvair buyers will not even want the automatic shift, will prefer the stick shift on the floor to get back the "feel of driving." Thus the Corvair, with the minimum extras needed, will run several hundred dollars...
Foreign makers view Detroit's shift as a return to normal size rather than a direct challenge to their cars. They figure that the new U.S. compacts-which run about 15 ft. long and start at about $1,800 list-will bite into the sales of regular U.S. cars, but are neither small enough nor economical enough to cut the sales of the fastest-selling smaller imports, which run about 10 ft. to 13 ft. and deliver in the $1,600 range. Foreign makers expect to benefit from Detroit's new emphasis on smallness; they hope to increase...
...customer will indeed get a long overdue break. The Corvair, the Falcon and Valiant are more than a shift to small cars; they also signal a shift in Detroit's auto-building philosophies, notably an end to years of emphasizing styling rather than mechanical changes. From now on, the big emphasis will be on mechanical improvements and innovations. The 80-h.p. Corvair has them aplenty. It gets 25 to 30 miles per gallon, can speed up to 88 m.p.h., and climb an ice-covered grade of 30° that would stop a standard car. Its flat "pancake" aluminum engine...
...Labour Party needs only thirty-five of the present Conservative seats. Since more than this number of seats were won in 1955 by less than 1,000 votes, the election is being decided not in the 630 seats at stake, but in about sixty marginal constituencies. A shift of less than 12,000 votes can make the difference...