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To eliminate guesswork by eye, he invented jigs, or guides for tools, so that the outline of the product would not be marred by the fallibility of a shaky hand or imperfect vision. He made automatic stops that would disconnect the tool at the precise depth or diameter of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bicentennial Essay: The Clock Watchers: Americans at Work | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

Back at the boat house, the women heaved the boats out of the water and carried them over their heads to stack them inside. It was after nine now, and people were milling around, making plans for breakfast, chatting with Parker, greeting Claudia Schneider--who had been condemned to the...

Author: By Natalie Wexler, | Title: We Happy Band of Sisters | 8/1/1975 | See Source »

Back at the boat house after the workout, the usual milling around was going on, and more water squirting and frisbee throwing, when Nancy suddenly emerged onto the pier with a cake. The team greeted her with cries of delight. What was the occasion, exactly?

Author: By Natalie Wexler, | Title: We Happy Band of Sisters | 8/1/1975 | See Source »

Our leaders talk to us mechanically, showing fine self-preservation instincts. They seem to be milling in the dark, clinging to tarnished phrases from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution without seeming to realize that both of these documents were the response of courageous and indignant men who were...

Author: By Robert F. Kennedy jr., | Title: Youth: A rememberance of idealism past | 4/29/1975 | See Source »

The city of Cambridge last month placed its bicentennial headquarters in the Holyoke Center Arcade, and Pinkerton said "thoughts about what happens if you have a lot of people milling around the plaza," caused the University to eliminate its permit plan.

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Harvard Kicks Out The Vendors | 3/8/1975 | See Source »

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