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...Bodine Aluminum, Lloyd still ruefully recalls the day the new Troy plant produced the first intake manifold to be rejected--after three months and 60,000 defect-free parts. The lapse "was immediately followed by an eight-hour meeting the next day," says Lloyd, who has had to adjust to the Japanese penchant for such talkathons. "Before, if I wanted to do X, I could do X," Lloyd says, "but now we have to meet for three days. They want everyone to be on board." Bodine has cut its initial reject rate from 20% to less than 2%. Even better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYOTA ROAD USA | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

While most first-years are still trying to adjust to college life, Spencer G. Rhodes '00 already has plans to start a new athletic program, Harvard's first-ever cross-training team...

Author: By Jennifer E. Moon, | Title: First-Year Planning Physical Fitness club | 9/24/1996 | See Source »

This year's team should play a stronger yet calculated game with its 28 returning lettermen giving guidance to newer players as they adjust to their responsibilities...

Author: By Joseph W. Lind, | Title: Gridders Off to Columbia to Open '96 Ivy Season | 9/21/1996 | See Source »

...player who needs no time to adjust to the grueling schedule is Eion Hu. This season marks his third as a varsity running back...

Author: By Joseph W. Lind, | Title: Gridders Off to Columbia to Open '96 Ivy Season | 9/21/1996 | See Source »

Clark says that most students have been able to adjust to the technology within a few weeks, and so the school adopts a sort of "sink or swim" policy. Students who are unable to keep up can then get help individually, he says...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Clark Leads MBA Program Overhaul | 9/20/1996 | See Source »

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