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...Hiring. The euphoria has not abated. Some Sikorsky workers, sure of their jobs for the next decade, have gone on spending sprees. Says Precision Grinder Elwood Worcester, 44: "I bought my wife a new car for Christmas, a $6,200 Chevrolet. We are going to Europe this summer; because now I can spend some of my savings and put it back later, I don't have to worry." For some junior executives, the UTTAS contract means instant advancement. Ken Rosen, 36, was propulsion manager for UTTAS; now he is engineering manager for the whole program. "UTTAS certainly advanced...
...young Gilbert Stuart, that precocious son of a Rhode Island snuff grinder, who created a stir in Newport even in his teens, has also departed for London. He is only 20 and his future cannot be predicted, but his talent is evident in his youthful portrait of Mrs. John Bannister and her son. Another unpredictable talent is that of John Trumbull, a year younger than Stuart and born to wealth (as Stuart was not). Trumbull's father. Governor of Connecticut, recognized his son's precocity and enrolled him as a third-year student at Harvard at 15, then...
...Psychological Meat Grinder Theory...
...Brochures prepare us for a new Cunarder, the latest in a steelworking tradition that goes back to such august four-funnelers as the M.V. Picasso. The chairman, Curator William Rubin, picks up the champagne bottle and takes aim. The grizzled chief engineer, Critic Clement Greenberg, puts down the disc grinder with which he had been stripping an American dreadnought, the U.S.S. David Smith; he wipes away one gruff tear of pride on an oily rag, then jerks the levers...
...Grinder and Beer. As closely as possible, Di Carlo will follow Revere's route. But the passage of two centuries and the organizers' desire to accommodate spectators have substantially altered conditions. The ride will begin at 9 a.m. on April 19 instead of the previous night, and originate from the Old North Church in Boston rather than from Charlestown. Instead of passing through Longfellow's "meadows brown" and "village street," Di Carlo will ride through a typical 20th century urban sprawl (see map). If he wished, he could stop for a grinder at Mamma Lisa...