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...production line, G.M.'s Buick Division not long ago outfitted torque wrenches with horns that sound off whenever workers fail to fasten nuts and bolts tightly enough. Quality control is becoming an increasingly big headache on Mondays and Fridays, when high absenteeism forces management to rely heavily on backup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: WHERE AUTO DEFECTS COME FROM | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...hope local school districts will request these booklets and replicate the projects," he added, "The project descriptions include evaluation and other backup information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: USOE Booklets Describe Compensatory Education | 3/24/1969 | See Source »

...Crimson cindermen combined five individual victories and several gritty backup performances to set up a showdown race in the meet's final event, the two-mile relay. Army sought to duplicate the result of December's dual meet, when a narrow win in the same relay climaxed a 57-51 Cadet victory...

Author: By Ricahrd T. Howe, | Title: Track Team Upsets Cadets in Heptagonals | 2/24/1969 | See Source »

...Harvard points. The meet record should also fall in the 35-pound weight throw, scheduled for 7:00 in Briggs Cage. Ajootian, one of the best weight men in Harvard history, is the heavy favorite, with Northeastern's Don Cybulski battling with Ed Nosal and Doug Griswold for the backup slots...

Author: By Richard T. Howe, | Title: Harvard Favored in GBC; Coach Sees New Records | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...boon from its inception eight years ago. The service, which links New York-Newark with both Washington and Boston, guarantees passengers a seat even if they show up at the last minute. When passengers fill one of the jet planes to capacity, Eastern simply rolls out a second-section backup craft-usually a propjet Electra-to handle any overflow. The shuttle drew 3,200,000 passengers in 1968. But Eastern last week advised the Federal Aviation Administration that "the life of this service is now at stake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airlines: Skyful of Trouble | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

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