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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three weeks later Ledoux had found it. With parts picked up at a local Radio Shack store, the first-time inventor developed an infrared tester the size of a cigarette pack that could easily be held near the lights. And the price was right: just $8.70 to buy a phototransistor, light-emitting diode, switch, casing and nine-volt battery. Ledoux sent the plans to Army officials, who asked to sample the actual device. The gadget proved popular with other test crews, and the Army estimates that its use will save an average of $6.3 million a year. Ledoux stands...
...broken radar device into an area that was being buffeted by thunderstorms. When he refused, supervisors had the balking captain switch planes with another pilot, who agreed to fly the aircraft with the radar problem. Fed up with such episodes, the captain forsakes discounts of nearly 100% to buy his 16-year-old daughter full-fare tickets on competing airlines. Says he: "I won't have her fly on Continental...
...peas: 'Wait a minute. Why are there so many carrots compared to the peas?' " Television weather persons: "You're dying to know if it's hot or cold, and instead they give you percentages. Eighty percent chance of rain, 30% chance of a cloud . . . What, are you going to buy 80% of an umbrella?" Ronald Reagan: "This is the happiest President we ever had, and I found out why he's so happy. He can't believe he got the job! . . . I'm proud of him because, since then, Grenada has never attacked this country." R-rated films: "The truth...
...schools are trying it. This year the University of Southern Maine brought on 45 fresh staffers, some from Harvard and Stanford. And last month Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., announced a $5 million war chest. Says M.I.T. Dean of Science Gene Brown: "A lot of universities are out to buy a professor...
Corruption unfortunately is a problem, as people are using state subsidies to buy goods cheap and sell them for private gain. In the first half of this year, the state found 240,000 violations of price controls...