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...accounts, the gamble has already proved worthwhile. For 25 years, the Genmar factory at Little Falls, Minn., has used the same caustic, grubby process to churn out Wellcraft and Glastron fiber-glass runabouts. Men and women in blue coveralls layer or spray fiber glass over each hull. Half-finished boats are scattered around the warehouse, overshadowed by stacks of used molds. The stench of styrene is overpowering. The manual layering process is so imprecise that each hull is different; imperfections have to be corrected by hand...
...Computerized entries from the web are fed into the computer. Within seconds, the computer completes the Housing assignments. The UHO often invites first-year members of the Undergraduate Council to watch the computer churn out the results. This past year, however, no first-years were invited...
...most powerful lobbyist is Big Business, which has marshaled an unparalleled effort to sway the vote. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has 200,000 dues-paying members, fields a team of high-powered lobbyists that operates out of a Washington "war room" where staff members work the phones, churn out faxes and position reports around the clock. "We're going to win this one because it's the most important vote for business in decades," says Chamber president Thomas Donahue...
...dramatic as these numbers are, will PAGE accomplish anything? The U.N. has a reputation for studying problems as a substitute for doing something about them. Its agencies churn out paper the way ragweed produces pollen, and most U.N. studies quickly disappear into file-cabinet oblivion in the offices of other paper shufflers. Moreover, after decades of conferences on environment and sustainable development, the natural response to such an assessment is, "Hasn't someone already done this...
When pondering the existence of schedule cards, I am loosely associating them with the courting of spectators. The powers-that-be across the river (the Athletic Department) churn out these cards picturing smiley captains in hopes that they will serve as handy ways for fans to keep track of their favorite team's schedule...