Word: repairer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cruiser Taara, the pair suddenly found themselves lodged high and wet on a well-marked reef near Corsica's Gulf of Ajaccio. After the Taara was towed ashore, the Harvard-educated prince was informed by a local yachtsman that a French naval yard near by had facilities to repair the boat's mashed propellers, "but they won't help you because it's a military base." Karim's response-"I am Prince Karim, the Aga Khan"-changed the tune, and next day, with the Taara seaworthy once more, Karim and Anouchka decided wouldn...
...sporty touches except for helmets and goggles. And, depending on the model and the price, all the companies are engineering changes that will per mit longer intervals between radiator flushes, grease jobs and oil changes, while some are simplifying electrical circuits and adding lifetime mufflers aimed at cutting down repair costs. All the intermediates are expected to sell in the $2,000-$2,300 range...
Perfecting of methods to store blood made transfusions routine and cut the costs. Surgeons learned how to open and repair a blue baby's heart, use plastic replacement parts-and taught skilled techniques to enough other surgeons so that a doctor like Walter M. Boyd of Greeley, Colo., can say: "I regularly perform operations never heard of 25 years ago. At our little hospital we have four or five men who can handle just about anything that comes along...
...Navy which no longer exists, by officers many of whom do not know the real needs of today's Navy, and who are not aware that they don't know. Once the midshipmen get out, their mental growth comes to an end. They putter around the house, repair cars and build furniture; they become nest builders and bird hatchers. If drastic steps are not taken immediately to improve the service academies, I would advocate that you consider abolishing them...
...Zenith production line is a quality inspector, and TV sets that have already been cleared for shipment are pulled back at random for further testing. Six years ago, when most other makers of TV sets began switching heavily to printed circuits, which were cheaper to make but difficult to repair, Zenith stayed with easier-to-fix hand-wired circuitry. In gratitude, thousands of TV repairmen became enthusiastic pushers of Zenith products...