In a way it's surprising that Zagat is still operating the presses at all.
On August 12 , 1974 the three designers were at the Philadelphia Mint, where they ceremonially operated the presses to strike the first coins bearing their designs.
Williams and the designers of the other denominations operated the presses to strike the first coins on August 12, 1974; a set of these prototypes was later given to the new president, Gerald Ford.
The first Eisenhower dollars in 40% silver, with an uncirculated finish, were struck at the San Francisco Assay Office (today the San Francisco Mint) on March 31 , 1971 Brooks ceremoniously operated the presses.
Here, in the heart of the 16,000-square-mile zone that Colombia's government ceded to guerrillas two years ago as a peace gesture, the rebels operate the courts, press public officials to pave roads, set up roadblocks, and levy "taxes" against ranchers and cocaine traffickers.
He started out as a manual welder, but through retraining he learned how to operate the metal stamping press he was running, for $17.80 an hour, when the layoffs came.
The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit Media Partnership (the joint venture that operates The Free Press and The Detroit News), which had reported to Mr. Hunke, will now report to Bob Dickey, president for United States community publishing at Gannett.
The changes will significantly reduce operating costs, but the Detroit Media Partnership, which operates The Free Press and The News, declined to say by how much.
Oxford operates the largest university press in the world and the largest academic library system in the United Kingdom.
The fact is the interface is on par with the iPod's and its controls couldn't be any more intuitive or simpler to operate: just press on the edge of the display to go in the direction you want in the menus.
