Word: rigging
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Grinding up Oregon's 12,000-ft. Canyon Creek Pass one recent evening, the drivers of three mammoth trailer trucks stared in astonishment as a Pacific Intermountain Express Co. rig with a huge load and a notably undersized engine compartment blithely pulled past them. Driving the P.I.E. truck was a power plant that marked a long step forward in U.S. engine design; the V8-265 Vine diesel turned out by Cummins Engine. Co. of Columbus, Ind. Built on a new (for diesels) over-square* design, the Vine is as much as 44% smaller and lighter than other comparable diesels...
...dark, save for the rosy glow from the pilot light. On the broad panel-set roughly equidistant from two woofered and tweetered speaker assemblies in massive cabinets-is an array of switches, dials and knobs. This is not the cockpit of the X-15; it is a modern stereophonic rig. Tuner off. Amplifier on. Selector switch on RIAA. All niters out. Left volume control on #5. Right volume control on #5. Turntable spinning at 33⅓ r.p.m. A metal arm glides with feathery softness over the record. For the moment, the speakers are switched off. Instead, from a tangle...
Like any new toy, stereo at first appealed largely to only a narrow group. The early stereo owner was the status-conscious fellow in the neighborhood-he already had a Mercedes or didn't quite have the cash for one. In the wellappointed bachelor apartment, the stereo rig replaced the traditional etchings as a lure for the nubile. His costly equipment consisted of two speakers, two amplifiers, a special cartridge for his record player, as well as an assortment of optional gear. His stereo library was comprised mainly of trick noises and demonstration records -drum recitals, incoming tides...
...addition to these arrangements, Hancock has provided for the safeguarding of its records (on the assumption that there would be policyholders, as well as beneficiaries, following an attack), has brought in an auxiliary power system, radiation-detection equipment, emergency battery-run telephones, a radio monitoring rig, and protective clothing...
...Latest of the persuaders, a rig of FM speakers to spur impulse buying at point of sale. The Sellaprompter, installed by Robolease Corp., bleats a 5¼-sec. sales "prompt" for individual products over speakers 33 times hourly. Big Brother shows its mercy by interrupting prompts for music, is paid for by product manufacturers (e.g., Borden, Heinz, Pillsbury, General Foods). Cost per message...