Word: workmanship
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When Yugoslavia's Yugo invaded the U.S. in 1985, Americans got their first chance to test the workmanship of a Communist automaker. The reaction so far has been lukewarm, but now another East European country is preparing an assault on the U.S. market. Auto-Dacia, Rumania's state-run car company, plans to introduce its Oltcit, Aro and Dacia models this spring. That could start a price war among comrades. The Oltcit, a three-door hatchback, will go for $3,980 -- $10 less than the cost of a Yugo...
...perfect lack of confidence in those state fellows. If I were to pray, I would pray that the bridge be spared the attentions of engineers, and of arsonists -- equal dangers with very little difference. This bridge is a masterpiece. You can't help but be stirred by the workmanship that went into it. It should be saved. When it's gone, it's gone...
...recent article in another Soviet publication revealed local worries about safety at Chernobyl. A story printed a month or so ago in Literaturna Ukraina, a Kiev publication, attacked shoddy building practices and workmanship at the power station. Writer Lyubov Kovalevska, who lives near the facility, noted "deficiencies" in the quality of construction and demanded that "each cubic meter of reinforced concrete must guarantee reliability and, thus, safety." The article's headline: "It Is Not a Private Matter...
...Gorbachev is demanding better economic performance from his allies not through any drastic reform but simply through attacking the familiar abuses of the Communist systems: waste, corruption, sclerotic bureaucracy and poor workmanship. Instead of policy and leadership changes, $ Eastern Europe's regimes are under marching orders to take the slack out of the existing economic systems. Central planning remains, but better and younger economic management is expected to bring improved results...
Some U.S. industries, notably steel and autos, let their labor costs get out of hand, solidifying America's double-edged distinction of having the highest paid manufacturing workers in the world (see chart). Others turned out products that consumers judged to be of poor design and workmanship, unwittingly setting themselves up as targets for foreign competitors. Standout example: Japanese cars are no longer remarkably cheap in the U.S., but they sell heavily on what Detroit automakers concede is a reputation for superior quality. American automen insist they have improved the quality of their cars enough to equal the Japanese...