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...even the most sweet-tempered soul, August is a test of patience and ingenuity, when office workers lunch by a fountain and hope for a strong wind. Shoppers browse through Chicago's Hammacher Schlemmer, lured by inflatable water shoes (pontoons for the feet), or a solar-powered ventilated golf cap, or, for sun worshipers who don't know any better, a sun-tracking beach chair that rotates 360 degrees for maximum exposure. For those who prefer refrigeration to recreation, swank, Dallas-based Neiman Marcus is prepared to cater a private picnic for customers in its fur vault, which is kept...
After work, the golfer can dispense with a lot of equipment by telescoping Hammacher Schlemmer's 17-In-One-Golf Club ($69.50) out of the briefcase. The . rotating head of the 1-lb. device can be set to iron, wedge and putt positions by manipulating a set of interlocking gears...
According to the survey, conducted by Professor Lawrence Schlemmer of the University of Natal, 75% of the 551 workers questioned said they disagreed with a strategy of disinvestment and 41% said that such a policy would harm blacks. According to Schlemmer, blacks "do not wish to see their work opportunities destabilized by political action." Concludes Schlemmer: "South Africa is a labor-surplus economy, and those who have jobs are aware that they are privileged. They may want to throw the political bath water out, but they don't want to throw the baby out with...
General Electric's division that makes locomotives has been weakened by recession and plunging sales. But rather than abandon the business, GE gave an antiquated factory in Erie, Pa., what General Manager Carl Schlemmer calls an "electronic heart transplant." Cost: $500 million. Giant computer-driven arms and machine tools help the factory turn out locomotives in a fraction of the time once required. A 2,500-lb. motor frame that took 16 days to build can now be done in 16 hours. By 1986 GE could be making about 800 locomotives a year, up a third from current levels...
Emerging after an electronic bathing of the senses, one will want to touch up the summer's fading tan. Switch on the Swiss ultra violet A-ray suntanning machine ($14,500, from Hammacher Schlemmer). Its secret: the unit is the "only machine that filters out harmful ultra violet B and C rays," prevents burning, peeling and damaged skin. Protective reading goggles are provided, along with special gloves that measure skin response to exposure. Just plug into any 110 V-l 115 V outlet. The tan can be shown off at dinner, served on an 800-Ib. table...