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Innocenti began mastering the intricacies of such quick-opening plays in 1935, when, still a plumber, he invented and patented a gadget for bolting vertical and horizontal sections of pipe together to form scaffolding. He made his first joints himself, soon had enough cash and orders to persuade bankers to back a factory. His factory turned out miles of pipe and thousands of joints for scaffolds, pontoon bridges, temporary grandstands. In World War II he switched from pipe to artillery shell production. At war's end he decided to turn his pipe into the framework of a motor scooter...
...three nights a week at home. He ducks off to Berchtesgaden for a weekend's fishing, plays golf when he has a chance, delights in his hi-fi set (Fairchild amplifier and pickup, Tannoy speaker), which he plays at window-rattling volume. He has given up pipe smoking and drinks sparingly. "You've got to be fit in this business. When the pinch comes, you've got to operate for long periods without sleep, and the peak requirements are usually placed on you when you're at peak fatigue. During the war, I observed that...
...this is in the realm of pipe-dreams now. The HDC is unfortunately short of Idea Men these days...
...A.F.L-C.I.O. Executive Council for a year's probation. There was not a chance. For sitting at the head of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. was 63-year-old George Meany, the stocky, onetime plumber's helper with a mind and heart as tough as cast-iron pipe. To Meany-and the executive council-the issue was clear: the Teamsters were dirty, they had fair warning, there was no backing down...
...late Liberal regime's deal to lend $50 million to U.S. oilmen to build the 2,294-mile pipeline. As one of its first legislative acts, the Tory government created a royal commission on Canada's energy resources−with a mandate to delve into Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd.'s ownership, financial structure, rates and export plans, relations with gas producers...