Word: workmanship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Faulty Conductor. Some of these flaws were disturbingly similar to those found in the burned craft, where the wiring revealed "poor installation, design and workmanship." Though the investigators acknowledged that the precise cause of the fire "most likely will never be positively identified," they said it was "most probably" caused by a faulty conductor in an equipment bay under Grissom's couch. Apparently, current from the conductor "arced"-or spurted-to another object, and the blaze began. Almost immediately, it raged out of control in the cabin's 100% oxygen atmosphere, which was capable of turning any spark...
...interest in an interesting event was to say that it was a most interesting event. The Macmillan autobiography may seem stuffy, obliged as he is to outline the magnificent contours of a great world he never made, but which certainly made him. The principles of manufacture were sound, the workmanship solid. The figure that emerges from this is surprisingly sympathetic; a decent and far from humorless man who was both brave and honorable...
...Chevrolet division has been in trouble for some time, and last July G.M. turned it over to ex-Pontiac Boss Elliott ("Pete") Estes for some quick fixes. Chevy's styling was a bit bulgy, and its workmanship gave rise to widespread customer complaints about ill-fitting upholstery, rattling doors and leaking windows. Estes visited every one of Chevy's assembly plants, test-drove cars straight off the assembly line, and ordered repairs on the spot...
...than a touch of irony in the present labor dispute. The shorter work weeks that have angered the union leaders were not intentionally scheduled by American Motors; they were caused by periodic shortages of auto bodies. The shortages developed when large numbers of bodies, rejected by inspectors for faulty workmanship, were sent back for repair instead of on to the assembly plant. The union steward whose firing precipitated the strike was discharged for refusing to let his men in the Kenosha body plant work overtime-work that would have provided more bodies, thus making unnecessary the short work weeks...
...opera buffs will have the chance to see Wieland's workmanship when he directs Lohengrin at the new Met in November 1966. Could be that he will bring a jet-propelled swan...