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...while I do not know how to repair or retool these appliances, I am relatively proficient in operating them...
Harvey Shephard, the CBS programming chief who preferred to retool The Twilight Zone rather than take a chance on Spielberg's anthology of original stories, is convinced that Amazing Stories is actually his network's secret weapon. Shephard predicts "a high initial tune-in sample" of the NBC show, followed by a return to tele firma. And if that does not happen, all CBS has to do is contrive to let a Sunday-afternoon N.F.L. broadcast run overtime, thus pushing 60 Minutes back by ten or 15 minutes, and 60 Minutes loyalists will miss the first half of an Amazing...
Some oil companies complained that the EPA ruling gives them too little time to retool their equipment to produce fuel that meets the new standards. As a result, the producers warned, temporary shortages of low-lead gas could occur...
...lead out will be far greater than the cost. The agency said the move would create overall savings of $1.8 billion in the form of lower medical bills and increased fuel economy. By contrast, staff members estimated that refiners will need to spend only about $575 million to retool their facilities, or less than 1% of the current total cost of making gasoline. That could push the price of leaded fuel, which still accounts for some 45% of gasoline sales, close to the level of the unleaded variety...
Even as Detroit was closing plants and laying off workers, it was investing heavily in new technology. Since 1980 the Big Three have spent $42.8 billion to retool assembly lines and boost productivity through improvements ranging from computerized design equipment to the installation of 3,175 robots. Such steps, combined with lower wage bills, have enabled the firms to increase quality while making money on less than spectacular sales. Detroit can now break even by selling some 8.2 million cars and trucks a year, for example, compared with more than 11 million three years...