Amherst Times

In today's world products are hyped to the Nth degree prior to their arrival.  Movies, cars, toys, and now, a new jetliner.

"On Sunday, before nearly 15,000 employees and worldwide customers in a hangar here in this Seattle suburb, with 25,000 others watching remotely from a football stadium downtown, Boeing unveiled the 787 Dreamliner, its new long-distance, fuel-efficient jet, which already has $110 billion worth of orders for 677 planes."

"The arrival of the new plane — stuck together partly with temporary fasteners at the moment and scheduled for its first delivery next May — highlights what a striking counterpoint this part of the Northwest has been in a country where manufacturing jobs have long been in decline. The jet was presented on July 8, 2007 — 7-8-7 — with no shortage of corporate sheen."

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