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...same devices that give the Harrier its ability to take off vertically also permit it to outmaneuver conventional aircraft by using a technique known as "viffing" (from Vector in Forward Flight). By adjusting his exhaust nozzles to reverse the thrust, the pilot can cause his plane to decelerate rapidly and veer to the side. "You want to smash through the canopy, but the harness tightens over your shoulders, holds you down at the waist. You think you are stopping at 12,000 ft.," wrote British Journalist John Edwards, who was given a demonstration ride in a Harrier last week...
...give a damn what problems you might have.' " A study commissioned by Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis shortly after the strike began and released last March showed that management practices were still unnecessarily authoritarian. Said the report: "Supervisors tend to 'vector' people like they did airplanes. It doesn't work well...
Today the two women are acknowledged leaders in the fast-tracking field of microcomputers, and their six-year-old company, Vector Graphic Inc., stands out as one of the industry's wilder success stories. By offering a line of desktop computers more powerful than most personal computers but less costly than the larger machines that are usually sold to small businesses, the company has carved out a market niche largely overlooked by other competitors. Sales have zoomed from $404,000 in 1977 to $25 million last year, and more than 12,000 Vector Graphic systems have been installed around...
...Today that work takes place in 120,000 sq. ft. of leased office and manufacturing space in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and involves 400 people who design, assemble and sell eight microcomputer models. All involved with the startup have become millionaires: together the founding trio owns more than half of Vector Graphic stock, worth around $29 million at last week's over-the-counter close of $9.75 a share...
...relied on the advice of accountants and demanded payment from customers in cash. Rather than marketing its wares through catalogues and mail-order houses, the firm courted well-established dealers like Computerland, a coast-to-coast retailing network for personal and small-business computers. To assure reliable servicing, Vector worked out a deal with TRW, a Cleveland-based aerospace and electronics conglomerate...