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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...powerful or win a 730,000 vote plurality by flashing his Ultra-Brite teeth or by claiming virility and experience as his major assets. Daley is strong because the Cook County Democratic organization (more commonly referred to as the "machine") functions so smoothly. But machines break down without fuel, and that fuel is patronage and other material inducements...

Author: By Michael A. Calabrese, | Title: Machine Machinations | 10/12/1976 | See Source »

...patronage, contracts, legal fees and other material incentives are the fuel the machine requires to function, then the regular Democratic ward organizations are the engines which use that fuel to keep the machine running strong. They are the base the machine rests on. The city is broken into 50 wards, each with its own boss, the ward committeeman, who is elected in the party's mayoral primary. Committeemen choose the man who will run for alderman or for the state legislature from their area--subject to Daley's approval naturally--and they often pick themselves. Since Democrats usually...

Author: By Michael A. Calabrese, | Title: Machine Machinations | 10/12/1976 | See Source »

...long ago as 1917, drivers of Enger autos with V12 engines could shut off fuel to six of the cylinders by moving a lever protruding through the dashboard under the steering column. Ford has substituted electronic for human control in its "dual displacement engine" (DDE). A small (6 in. by 6 in. by 1? in.) black box mounted on the fire wall is fed information from five strategically placed sensors. These devices monitor the temperature of the engine coolant, the engine speed, the transmission setting, the engine manifold vacuum pressure and the throttle angle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ford's Better Idea | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

...that the engine has reached operating temperature (180° F.), that the auto is in third gear, has reached 45 m.p.h., and is not accelerating, the little box sends out a signal activating a key-and-slot device that locks the exhaust and intake valves shut and cuts off fuel to the affected cylinders. The pistons in these cylinders continue to move up and down, and the spark plugs fire, but no fuel is burned. The cylinders are not supplied with the fuel mixture as long as the driver maintains cruising speed or until the vehicle's speed drops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ford's Better Idea | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

Ford also intends in due course to make the new system available in passenger cars. Engineer James Clarke, who heads the DDE project, is already driving a car equipped with an eight-cylinder version. On a highway trip, he believes he might be able to cut fuel consumption by as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ford's Better Idea | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

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