Word: repairable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cost of everything has gone up," Preston said. "The greatest single item is the cost of repair--materials as well as time," he added...
With minute accretions, Benny developed a persona that was never more than 39, intolerably stingy-he drove an old, wheezy Maxwell-and cranky beyond repair. When radio grew static he opened a 20-year feud with Fred Allen. Benny put a clothespin on his nose and mimicked Allen's nasal delivery. When Waukegan planted a tree in Benny's honor, Allen asked, "How do you expect it to live when the sap is in Hollywood?" Once when Benny was on the losing end of an exchange, he told Al len, "You wouldn't dare say that...
...more bountiful and cheaper than its predecessors. A number of food chains have vowed not to raise prices through the end of the year. The out-of-sight costs of materials and labor have had some hidden benefits. Millions have become craftsmen; the arcana of carpentry, plumbing and auto repair have been revealed to those who once thought they possessed ten thumbs. In a variety of flea markets, church bazaars and garage sales, secondhand furniture and utensils trade hands and are given a new life...
...ground, Israel is stronger in both numbers and gadgetry. Of its 1,728 tanks, 840 were put out of commission in the October fighting. The Israelis were able, however, to repair 300 of them; in addition, they captured 420 tanks from the Arab armies and have received 450 more from the U.S. The net gain: 330. Another 600 are on order from the U.S. The U.S. M60, mainstay of the Israeli tank force, proved itself to be superior to even the Soviet T-62 in accuracy, gun range and shell penetration. Equipped with computer range finders, the M-60 allowed...
...worked this way, silently, for two years. Then he began to notice some things around the factory. In May 1970, a Vietnam veteran named Gary Thompson was crushed to death by a machine in the Eldon Avenue plant, a machine that had been kept in bad repair. Accidents were so common at the plant that there was one serious injury per employee every year. The day after Gary Thompson was crushed, the Eldon workers walked out--their third wildcat strike in two months. The UAW local didn't support the walkout, though dissident groups inside the plant--like...