Word: tooled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sales bank. Unlike other automakers, which build few cars except those ordered by dealers either for customers or showroom stock, Chrysler turned out a lot of cars that simply sat in inventory. Although theoretically this meant that production lines could be kept running efficiently, the sales bank became a tool to hide mistakes. Managers ordered tens of thousands of cars built so that they could boost production figures, as well as their bonuses. Most of the vehicles were eventually sold to dealers at cut-rate prices, often after months of outdoor storage had taken their toll. lacocca's cure...
...favorably received his bullet-proof vest. These are illegal in the country, for fear they will fall in the hands of the rebels. "I wasn't expecting an assassination attempt." Reed explains. "But I knew I'd be covering dangerous stories, and a bullet-proof vest was a tool of my trade...
...have propagated the notion that such animal studies involve exorbitant dosages of the chemical in question, and cannot be compared to the low-dosages exposure that man would receive. But many scientists support the correlation, and animal testing is a widely accepted practice. In the absence of a better tool for testing substances, animal experimentation must not be ignored...
...signs of nonconformity. In an effort to instill greater discipline in the malingering Soviet work force, police have been ordered to make sweeps of public places, rounding up drunkards, vagrants and workers who ought to be on the job. Last week Andropov went to Moscow's Sergo Ordzhonikidze machine-tool factory, where he held a shop-floor version of a town meeting, and bluntly told the employees that "without discipline we cannot advance quickly...
...balked at spending the estimated $1.5 billion it would cost to tool up for an entirely new model because there was no guarantee of an adequate return. Japanese manufacturers enjoy a cost advantage of some $1,500 per unit in the production of small cars, which comes from production efficiencies, labor-cost differentials, tax laws that favor exports, and the cheap yen. U.S. automakers have been unable to compete profitably (see Book Audits). Japan commands 48% of the small-car market...