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...rains interrupted the first round of the Masters golf tournament. In Virginia, turbulent winds fanned a fire that destroyed the outdoor performing-arts center at Wolf Trap Farm National Park. In Detroit, a 6-in. snowfall brought the winter's total to 73 in.-the most for the motor city in more than 50 years. In New York City, where winds of up to 35 m.p.h. swirled at least a foot of snow, the National Weather Service officially declared the storm a blizzard, the first ever recorded in the area for the month. With thoughtful understatement a service meteorologist...
...February, the Ford Motor Co. and the U.A.W. reached agreement on a 31-month contract that cut some worker benefits in return for a measure of job security, profit sharing and a "guaranteed income stream" for senior workers. Last week the U.A.W. and GM struck a similar, though not identical, bargain. This week and next, the contract is going through the ratification process by 470,000 GM workers. Approval seems certain...
Research into voice-recognition machines is particularly active in Japan. Nissan Motor Co. last October unveiled its model of a car for the handicapped that uses voice recognition to adjust the driver's seat and outside rear-view mirror, as well as to turn on the windshield wipers, lights and radio. A group of scientists at Tokyo University has developed a machine that allows an immobilized patient to change the position of his bed and order food and drink from a robot nurse...
...borrowers be thwarted? There are attempts. Some hopefuls glue EX LIBRIS stickers to the inside covers (clever drawings of animals wearing glasses, and so forth)-as if the presence of Latin and the imprint of a name were so formidable as to reverse a motor reflex. It never works. One might try slipping false jackets on one's books-a cover for The Secret Agent disguising Utility Rates in Ottawa: A Woman's View. But book borrowers are merely despicable, not stupid; they tend to leaf before they pluck. Besides, the interesting thing about the feeling of loss...
...Teamsters Union has signed a contract with major trucking firms providing for reduced benefits and no wage increases, and the United Auto Workers has agreed with the Ford Motor Co. on a contract containing wage and other concessions calculated to save the company $1 billion in labor costs over the 31-month life of the contract. U.A.W. and General Motors bargainers last week sat down to work out a similar deal that both sides hoped to have ratified by the union rank and file next week. On the other hand, economists are by no means sure that labor will continue...