by John Howells and Marion Dearman
(Discovery Press, copyright 1996)
The end of a
five-century
tradition
The last shift of hot metal production in a composing room that
produced
telephone books. From this moment on, everything would be done
digitally,
using computers and photocomposing equipment. The expressions on the
printers'
faces tells the entire story. Their skills, their years of experience
are
now irrelevant. Their future uncertain.
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