Word: wheelings
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Depending on the brand of watch, these vibrations control several different mechanisms that turn the hour and minute hands. Bulova uses the electronic tuning fork developed in its Accutron watch, a battery-powered model that is just a shade less accurate than the Accuquartz; Timex employs a conventional balance wheel; Benrus, the Swiss and the Japanese use a "stepdown" motor. Linking these mechanisms to the quartz crystal is an integrated electronic-circuit chip, and U.S. electronic firms are enthusiastically moving to supply the chips to the quartz watch market. Japanese, Swiss and American watchmakers are buying theirs from such firms...
...States," for example, a map of the U.S. is attached to the screen and children are asked the name of the state illuminated by the square of light. In an electronic version of roulette, bets are placed on a separate board and a light square moves around a simulated wheel before coming to rest on one of 32 numbers. Magnavox claims that playing Odyssey games will "improve motor skills." It does indeed take quick reflexes to play the games well. In electronic hockey, for example, players must not only move their "sticks" up and down but also manipulate an "english...
...every garage" once signaled the worldly limits of the American dream. Now many U.S. families can hardly function without at least two cars, and so overfulfilled is the dream that at least one community has found it necessary to regulate it. To ease the four-wheel clutter in the streets, the Cincinnati suburb of Green Township now requires all new houses to be built with two-car garages...
...second recall may allay motorists' fears, but it hardly answers the question of how the industry manages to produce cars with such defects as engines that twist loose and wheel-axle assemblies that come off. Automakers' explanations are anything but reassuring. They maintain that such flaws result not from sloppy workmanship or careless quality control but bad engineering decisions. In effect, the faults are designed into the cars-unintentionally to be sure -by engineers making the wrong compromises between safety, cost and speed considerations. In the current case, Ford redesigned its 1972 Torinos and Montegos, making them heavier...
...turn. Ford announced that it was recalling 423,000 '72 Torinos and Montegos-the entire production of those two lines-to correct a rear axle defect. Unusual wearing of the bearings in the rear axle assembly, Ford explained, could cause the axle to separate or disengage from the wheel, or to jam, bringing the car to an abrupt halt. Thus far, 16 such failures have occurred, causing one injury. Ford, still uncertain about the cause of the trouble, does not plan to replace the bearing unit. Instead, dealers will install a clamp on the axle both to alert...