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Word: neatest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...neatest trick is the company's ability to keep labor costs low in one of the world's most high-priced countries -- proving that moving the factory to cheap markets abroad is not always the best cost-saving solution. Thanks to an extremely high degree of automation, SMH keeps direct labor charges under 10% of total manufacturing expenses, in contrast to about 30% for most watchmaking operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Car, a Watch? Swatchmobile! | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

Lawrence Korb a Reagan-era Pentagon official: "One of the smartest people I've ever met, and one of the neatest too. He'll make the trains run on time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Quickly Things Change... | 1/31/1994 | See Source »

...exchanging fonts--lifting up the cover, detaching the "Helvetica" strip from the large revolving drum inside and replacing it with "Garamond." And as each strip held only one point size in each font, changing font size was an equally long process. (Anyone who thinks scalable fonts aren't the neatest thing since removable type has never been faced with the choice of 12 pt. and 24 pt. Helvetica as their only options...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Evolution of a Computer Nut | 9/28/1993 | See Source »

...think the neatest thing is that there's going to be a park in Cambridgeport," said Vice Mayor Edward N. Cyr. "[The neighborhoods] wanted a place for kids to play...

Author: By Mark L. Ruberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Passes Landmark Zoning Law | 2/11/1992 | See Source »

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