Word: wheelings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years ago, the 13th and youngest child of a potter in Staffordshire. His schooling ended at the age of eight, when his father died, and he had to go to work as an apprentice in a pottery run by an older brother. He became an expert thrower on the wheel, but an attack of small pox led to an infection and chronic weakness in his right knee. (Constantly bothered by the condition, Wedgwood finally decided a few years ago to have his leg amputated...
Unable to continue at the potter's wheel, Wedgwood turned to other aspects of the trade, trying out different mixtures of colored clays and various glazes. His brother disapproved of his constant experimenting and refused to make him a partner, so Wedgwood tried two other partnerships, then started a small business of his own. He had ideas for basic improvements that now seem obvious: standardized sizes, for example, so that plates could more easily be stored in piles. And instead of letting one craftsman toil over each plate, Wedgwood introduced a division of labor for faster production. He also...
...long run may help spell the end of the familiar, jammable typewriter. Another innovation may hasten that change in the future: Xerox Corp. has produced a further revolutionary design in typing equipment. The Xerox 800 is a machine that prints letters from a whirling disc printer called a "daisy wheel." Its advantage is that when attached to a computer it will print while moving either backward or forward across a page, thus offering even speedier typing...
...company and rose to executive vice president. Passed over for the presidency of G.M., he did the unheard-of and jumped to become president of Ford-only to lose out in a power struggle with Lee Iacocca, the current president. Undaunted, Bunky in 1971 took the wheel of White Motor and got off to a promising start. He quickly swung a $290 million line of credit from 42 banks, scrapped or sold off unprofitable properties, developed a new line of trucks and farm equipment and built a $30 million assembly plant in New River Valley, Va. In the first...
...juggler, grandpa had a bicycle act, and Dad Trevor Bale is an animal trainer. These comparatively tame pursuits never interested Elvin. Even as a child, says his father, "he was always hanging off things." He was-and is-also always dreaming up new things to hang from: the Gyro-Wheel was inspired by a double Ferris wheel he saw in a carnival and the cage toy his son has for his pet hamster. As for his safety, Bale eschews nets but never forgets a cardinal rule: "If you start taking things for granted, you get hurt. It's dangerous...