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...remote-control processes. The Army is building a completely automatic TNT factory in Joliet, 111., while work on an atomic engine for the AEC includes such contraptions as General Electric's "O-Man," a 15-ton remote-controlled claw to handle radioactive material. (It can screw a nut on a bolt, and can even be made to pick up an egg.) Oil refineries, which used to crack oil by laborious batch methods, now do it in one steady, automatic flow; a few skilled workers sit at a master-control panel, guide the crude oil through many intricate steps...
...attention. By redesigning a foot-powder can, the Army cut unit costs from 16? to a nickel for a total saving of $275,000. Wilson and Kyes found that the military carried in inventory no fewer than 5,000 different types of electronic tubes and 800 categories of screw drivers; on their orders, tube types were cut to 192, and screw drivers...
...Quinquela and his men started to paint the town red-and also blue, green, yellow and orange. When La Boca merrily proclaimed itself an independent republic some years ago, Quinquela took the title of its "Rearest Admiral." He still occasionally wears a blue admiral's uniform with gold screws for buttons, signifying his allegiance to the Order of the Screw which he founded (current membership: 150). Explains Quinquela: "I long ago discovered that anyone worth a damn, anyone with sensitivity, is usually missing a screw...
...public, and stalked off with her own admirers. A moment later, according to the story, Tango Singer Hugo del Carril walked by to find Eva alone and in tears. He draped a friendly arm around her shoulder and said: "Don't rm'nd Liber. She has a screw loose. Let's have a cup of coffee...
Recently, when Mosler offered a booklet. What You Should Know About Safes, one request came from a burglar serving a life term in the Texas State Prison. "When puzzle locks [i.e., combination locks] were first used a century ago," said Mosler, "crooks devised the 'drag,' a powerful screw to crush the walls around the lock. When the walls were strengthened, they took to the jackscrew to force wedges between the door and the jamb. When safe doors were built with bolts that slid into the jamb on all four sides, safecrackers began blowing gunpowder around the door with...