Word: workmanship
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...tour of the possibilities about a year ago. The sun streamed in on a scene of chaos. The walls were bare plasterboard. Plaster dust powdered the new bronze window frames. Wires dangling from the ceiling barely hinted at the chandeliers that Trump envisioned. But Trump sounded rapturous about the workmanship on a newly installed door. He gently shut it and opened it again. "Look how it fits," he said...
...showroom full of image problems. Originally known for the distinctive styling of its separate car lines, GM took a wrong turn in the 1970s when it began building cookie-cutter cars: a Chevrolet Citation was a ringer for a Pontiac Phoenix, for example. At the same time, shoddy workmanship, especially in the notorious X-car line, sent hordes of GM devotees to Toyota and Honda salesrooms for better-made products. Many customers were also lost to Ford and Chrysler, which were reviving their reputations for quality...
...prefabricate most of it in the U.S., ship it to Moscow in pieces and have it assembled by imported American workers with security clearance. Estimated cost: $400 million. Ever optimistic, the Administration hopes to cut that total by dunning the Soviets for $29 million in damages for shoddy workmanship and delays on the initial project...
Northrop is under attack on several fronts. The Air Force is complaining about shoddy workmanship in the Los Angeles company's Tacit Rainbow anti-enemy radar missile project, and the entire system, which could be worth an estimated $3 billion to the company, seems vulnerable to being cut from the Pentagon budget. Former Northrop employees charge the company with filing at least $400 million in questionable expense claims in connection with the development of its MX missile-guidance system. In addition, the Government is looking into allegations that the company bribed South Korean officials in the hope of boosting overseas...
...latest F-20 revelations come at a bad time for Northrop. The company, long a target of Government probes into bribery charges, is under pressure from the Pentagon to improve the workmanship on its $46 billion Stealth-bomber project and to speed up the delivery of guidance devices for its MX missile. Now Northrop must answer a round of new questions about one of its old mistakes...