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Many big manufacturing firms have been counting on so-called cad/cam systems (computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing) to ease the skills squeeze. These computer-controlled machines do everything from preparing a three-dimensional blueprint to selecting the proper drill bit to bore a metal part. Unfortunately, the nation lacks enough skilled workers to boost cad/cam output to a level anywhere nearly high enough to satisfy the surge in demand...
Captain Pollard was not nor could he be thought to have dealt unfairly with this trying matter. On his arrival he bore the awful message to his mother as her son desired, but she became almost frantic with the thought, and I have learned that she never could become reconciled to the Captain's presence...
...hand. "Shall two old friends quarrel about a woman," he asked, "even when she's a lawful wife?" Like a good father, he gave his discarded loves to his son, but Dumas fils eventually complained about the hand-me-downs: "You know, Father, it's a great bore, you always giving me your old mistresses to sleep with and your new boots to break in!" Retorted Dad: "You should look on it as an honor. It proves you have a thick organ and a narrow foot...
...until 1979 had been the Cuisinart marketing director in the U.S., to lead its American offensive. Finesman, a wiry backslapper and pure salesman who at 13 peddled cigars in bars and brothels in Ohio, took up his campaign with gusto. Some early magazine ads for the French imports bore the slogan, "Robot-Coupe. It's pronounced Robo-Coop. (It used to be pronounced Cuisinart...
...diplomacy in the crisis: The U.S. made great efforts, they bore fruit, and they are continuing. Whether they will bear fruit in the future, I cannot say. The Syrians have a kind of attitude of contempt toward the U.S. and its ambassador. Assad didn't receive the U.S. Ambassador [to Damascus] during the past year, but he did receive the Soviet ambassador. The U.S. has been using the good offices of other nations, and we appreciate that very much...