Word: refitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...foot-tall doll will retail for $19.95, Hudson says, but the make-over cannot be finished in time for Christmas. In the South Korean factory where the unsold Ollies languish, workers will refit the doll with a new Gorbachev head, complete with the famous wine-stain birthmark on the scalp. The Marine uniform will be replaced by a stylish Italian suit. The clothes will be be padded to mimic the Soviet leader's bulky physique. From the neck down, the plastic Gorbachev is actually a knockoff of Ken, the Barbie doll's popular boyfriend...
...sites" where computers compatible with your own hum day and night--standing by in the case of an emergency. For smaller fees "shells" empty rooms fitted with telephone and electrical connections, can host a replacement computer that you procure and provide a temporary base of operations while you refit your headquarters...
...business. The Seattle-based firm has taken only 23 orders for its jumbo 747 in 1981, as compared with 49 last year, and just 24 for the medium-range 727, down from 74 in 1980. Also troubling Boeing is the proposal by American, Air Canada and other airlines to refit their aging 727 planes with new engines rather than Duy the new aircraft the company has designed. Boeing Chairman T.A. Wilson already admits that sales next year will be much slower than...