Word: repair
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Some people who have been living here for years may never have noticed the little repair shop—identifiable only by a dirty yellow sign that reads “Felix’s Shoe Repair”—tucked away at the bottom of a large building on Linden Street...
...tiny shoe repair business owned by Christos Soillis has nonetheless been a constant—if inconspicuous—feature of Harvard Square for more than 40 years...
Though he acknowledges that the business of shoe repair is a waning one, his love for and pride in his work eclipses any anxiety he may have...
...MBTA officials also expressed disappointment with Kone’s maintenance record. The MBTA recently fined the company $567,000 for failing to perform regular repair operations, MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo confirmed yesterday...
...verge of bankruptcy, Nissan was one of the first to hand over the keys to a foreigner. Carlos Ghosn arrived in Tokyo in April 1999, with a mandate from Renault to repair the damage by whatever means necessary. He achieved a turnaround, and his success has given rise to a question that is particularly troubling to Japan's business leaders at a time when self-certainty is wavering: Can it be that Japan needs Westerners at the helm to compete in the new global business environment? Not surprisingly, executives asked to comment on Ghosn's achievement tend to be dismissive...