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...were also involved. The refiners had borne the brunt of butadiene research, were miffed because the rubber companies got buna from butadiene on. The chemical companies, scheduled to produce styrene, alcohol and alcohol-butadiene, didn't want to share secrets with the oil companies who had the original know-how. The little rubber companies were sore because they felt the Big Four of Rubber were hogging their end of the program...
Production Men. While the British went on trying one commander after another in Africa, Rommel went on learning other things-simple, sense-making military things that are as important on the field of battle as know-how on a production line. His repair cars now come right up to battle zones, often work on disabled tanks during battle. His huge salvage wagons, with their cranes, lumber up as soon as night falls, pick up wrecks-British as well as German-and carry them back to workshops housed in blacked-out tents...
Production Men. While the British went on trying one commander after another in Africa, Rommel went on learning other things-simple, sense-making military things that are as important on the field of battle as know-how on a production line. His repair cars now come right up to battle zones, often work on disabled tanks during battle. His huge salvage wagons, with their cranes, lumber up as soon as night falls, pick up wrecks-British as well as German-and carry them back to workshops housed in blacked-out tents...
...dire question that exercised the broadcasting industry's biggest bull session, the Institute for Education by Radio. Held annually at Columbus, Ohio, since 1930 under the sponsorship of Ohio State University, the conference's first twelve meetings served mainly as occasions for bestowing honors, discussing knacks and know-how, airing pet peeves...
...know-how of assembly-line engineers has cut a two-hour job of rifle boring to a ten-minute operation; a 400-man-hour assembly time on anti-aircraft guns to a 15-minute...