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...story, cement-block building that houses Black & Webster Inc. of Waltham, Mass., nestles in a wooded hollow, unspoiled by the soot of sprawling factories. From his white-marble-top desk, President Peter T. Webster, 41, can watch pheasants dart across the lawn. But the rustic setting is deceptive. Webster and his staff of 83 people, including six engineers and ten highly skilled machinists, turn out such space-age products as orbital riveters and vibratory feeders...
...uncertainties generated by the current economic turmoil have trapped Webster in a tense guessing game. He must pick a price level low enough to stimulate new sales but high enough to cover soaring costs. In 1980 the prices of his raw materials, including steel and plastic, jumped anywhere from 7% to 20%. Says Webster: "Every decision has a bearing on the bottom line. During inflationary times my margin for error is erased...
...immense and dramatic mural of Daniel Webster addressing Congress overlooks the slowly filling courtroom. Hospitality committee members scoot around distributing miniature American flags and pins and ushers frantically direct the noisy audience of friends and family to their seats. Only the immigrants remain almost ominously silent as they line up at the doorway and wait to pass through the strait of naturalization tables lining the entrance to the courtroom. Many of them refuse to answer questions, saying the procedure means nothing to them but an afternoon off from work. But many describe with relish their new lives in the United...
...What do we want with this worthless area, this region of savages and wild beasts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts and these endless mountain ranges?" - Daniel Webster...
...rises undreamed of ten years ago. Modernistic electronics plants sprout alongside gleaming shopping malls and clusters of ranch houses. The new pioneers keep streaming in-young parents in station wagons, roustabouts in pickup trucks, elderly couples in trailers-to work and live among these mountains and deserts that Daniel Webster scorned. Says Colorado Governor Richard Lamm: "There is no hyperbole that can do justice to how fast the West is changing. We are seeing a decade of change take place every month. We have everything coming...