Word: semi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Necchi he introduced the assembly line, semi-automatic milling machines and interchangeable parts, paid the cost of retooling (about $8,000,000) out of profits. He supervised the construction of the big new factory at Pavia, and tooled up its six parallel assembly lines. He cut the time a sewing machine stays on the assembly line from 14 to 10 days, tightened up techniques so that a Necchi is built with only 15 man-hours. As a consultant, he hired N. Richard Miller, 32, a Harvard Business School graduate and production expert, to revamp production. Miller expects to increase efficiency...
...week Drobny made his last all-out try for the trophy. An old man by tennis standards (32), he was seeded No. 11. But he was playing the best tennis of his life. In the quarterfinals he polished off Australia's hardhitting Davis Cupman Lew Hoad; in the semi-finals his booming service disposed of American Budge Patty (who had already knocked out Defending Champion Vic Seixas). In the finals, he found himself up against Ken Rosewall, a crafty, speedy and young (19) Australian, fresh from a five-set victory over top-seeded Tony Trabert...
...used to doing things the hard way. As a Florida schoolboy he was an all-around athlete, but he had to sandwich his sports in between part-time jobs. He played baseball on American Legion teams at 11, was a semi-pro at 14 (mainly because of his ability with a bat), and still found time to help support his family. For a while he was a slat-painter in a venetian-blind factory...
...Bananas. Since the trucking business was down in the first half of this year, the big truck order is a gamble. But Riss, an old poker-playing crony of Harry Truman, has had a long career of cashing in on his gambles. He got into trucking by way of semi-pro baseball. On the strength of a flashy tryout for a team at Colorado Springs, he was touted as a new sensation...
...Although it lacks the dramatic effectiveness of the Lutherans' successful Martin Luther, a new 77-minute semi-documentary tells the story for another denomination in the life...