Word: alberts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This is quite a Christmas present," said Harlan Nelson, then mayor of Albert Lea, Minn., on that December day in 1990 when he learned that a closed factory in the town would reopen. "Fairy tales do come true...
...Seaboard Corp., a giant of agribusiness with headquarters in Merriam, Kans., and controlled out of Chestnut Hill, Mass. Seaboard officials announced that they would restart the shuttered pork-processing plant that had once been the town's largest employer--if the city offered a little help. Albert Lea responded by giving Seaboard a $2.9 million low-interest loan and a special deal on its sewer bill and grading and paving parking lots for employees. And before long, the plant reopened, and several hundred workers were back...
...Dick Albert--is that his name? Do you watch the local news? Probably not. There's a weatherman who cracks me up. He's so happy, no matter what's going on in the world or his life. You'll enjoy his work--really, he seems like the most one of the happiest people in the world, you know...
...might be. You know, when I was going to college, there was this 12-year-old perfect master, a guru, in India, and people flocked to him to learn the truth from this guy. I think this guy Dick Albert is such a person that he has some kind of inner wisdom that he could share with all of us. But for now, it's just the forecast...
...They obviously use their culture as a competitive advantage," Albert says. "This is not a stuffy company...