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...country, where 70 firms currently use robots. He found that the most common form of sabotage was to slow down the machines by feeding them parts in the wrong order, with the hope that management would be disappointed in robot performance. In other cases, employees repaired the machines incorrectly, mislaid essential spare parts or put sand into the robots' lubricating oil. In one metal construction plant, production was reduced for more than six months because of worker resistance. Other companies are certain to face similar troubles, says Nijland, unless management encourages "honest discussion with workers" about the effect robots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robot Sabotage | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

...supposed to have a script, and had mislaid it. I was supposed to hear cues, and no longer did. I was meant to know the plot, but all I knew was what is saw: flash pictures in variable sequence, images with no "meaning" beyond their temporary arrangement, not a movie but a cutting-room experience...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Crippling Sensitivity | 9/22/1979 | See Source »

...supposed to have a script, and had mislaid it. I was supposed to hear cues, and no longer did. I was meant to know the plot, but all I knew was what I saw: flash pictures in variable sequence, images with no "meaning" beyond their temporary arrangement, not a movie but a cutting-room experience...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Crippling Sensitivity | 7/13/1979 | See Source »

This is the first time in at least 25 years that the registrar's office has mislaid such a large group of study cards, she added...

Author: By Joshua I. Goldhaber and Harry Litman, S | Title: Several Study Cards Lost In Registrar Office Shuffle | 3/2/1978 | See Source »

...that there are only a few really noticeable songs on it. Most of the cuts are assured and polished, but there's some inner conviction missing--which seems odd given Santana's personal faith. It seems ironic that, in the process of finding himself as an individual, Santana has mislaid some of the Santana-as-artist. For the moment it seems that he's forgotten the Mardi-Gras spirit that used to sweep his listeners along in the manner of a Carnival parade...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Mardi Gras, Gurus & Dragonflies | 3/4/1977 | See Source »

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