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Sony's wee Watchman makes viewing a moveable minifeast
Before the cheerleaders could say '"Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute, hold that line!" the other team had usually scored. So in the 1940s, 300 victories ago, they renamed the place Grambling, and Eddie Robinson was already the football coach. He was the only coach then. The night watchman, Jesse Applewhite, helped...
Born: To the Sony Walkmans, first family of portable tape decks; an heir. Name: Watchman. Weight: 1 Ib. 3 oz. Height: 7% in. Thickness: 1% in. The offspring is bigger than its forebears: the Watchman is a television-and a flat one at that. Using a new 1¼in. black-and-white picture tube that looks like a pygmy canoe paddle, Sony has turned out a set that is more streamlined and less bulky than existing tiny TVs. The Watchman, with a 2-in. screen and sleek metallic finish, not only looks good everywhere but can work just about...
...teams of guerrillas come from the base of the volcano, slipping through the army lines in the darkness to attack small outposts. They dress themselves up in army uniforms to greet a returning patrol or a lone watchman. Earlier they killed two guards near the gate of the hospital that is also used as a temporary barracks in Suchitoto, a once prosperous town five miles from the foot of the volcano...
...sharpen each machining center's drum of accessory tools every six or seven days. Such tasks, and programming the factory's computers, are all that the plant now requires of employees. There are normally ten to twelve workers in the plant during the day, but just one watchman for the night shift. Employees are pleased about the new machines, convinced they will bring additional growth to Yamazaki (current worldwide sales: $300 million). Although the automated factory meant intracompany transfers for some workers, none were laid off. Through productivity savings, Yamazaki expects to recover the factory...