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...arrogant in its dealings with competitors, suppliers and its own station operators, some of whom have secretly enjoyed its discomfort in the Pennzoil crisis. The company's chairmen have been known for making their own decisions. James Kinnear, who has been chief executive for less than four months, may adopt a more democratic management style. But Texaco could have already paid a steep price for its autocratic tradition. It was one man -- John McKinley, Kinnear's predecessor -- who decided in 1984 to buy Getty Oil. At best, he had a good idea that was poorly executed. In any case...
...using more dignified language and following the word order in the Greek manuscripts more closely, the NAB comes out sounding rather close to the Revised Standard Version. Since the RSV is available in an approved Catholic edition, why not, in the spirit of ecumenism, simply adopt that Protestant- produced version? Responds Gignac: "That would be nice, but we think ours is slightly better...
Sorkow thought it less worthy of note that the Sterns misrepresented themselves to Whitehead. The couple appealed to Whitehead's sympathy by telling her they were unable to have or adopt a child. The contract Whitehead signed stated that Elizabeth Stern was infertile...
Elizabeth Stern diagnosed herself as having a mild case of multiple sclerosis. But the couple did not have a specialist confirm the diagnosis until late 1986, did not inquire whether the disease affected her ability to bear a healthy child, and did not seek to adopt a child. William Stern wanted a genetic link. Yet if Sorkow is to be believed, these facts reveal nothing about the Sterns' fitness to be parents...
Indeed, the power struggle in Peking is largely a dispute over how to strike a balance between foreign practices and Chinese ways. While the conservatives are willing to adopt Western ideas, they do not want the borrowing to go too far. Deng's rural reforms were quite acceptable to the aging revolutionaries who had supported the leader since he took power in 1977, but his latest moves have caused them to back away. Conservatives worried that the party's authority was threatened by Deng's 1984 drive to extend free enterprise to China's cities and by public discussion...