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...Nonaka, however, chose to take a long-term approach, anticipating that environmental concerns in coming years would become an increasingly important factor in consumer buying decisions. She reorganized Sanyo's 300 subsidiaries into three divisions: environment, energy and lifestyle. The company began marketing new products such as a battery that could be recharged with a solar panel and a washing machine that recycled water. These moves were a hard sell at a proud manufacturing company like Sanyo, which started by making bicycle lamps in 1947. "What Sanyo does best is make batteries and industrial air systems and refrigerators," says Hideyo...
...already lost some Republican allies, such as anyone running for President, and he can't count on conservative Democrats going along with anything that even whispers of amnesty for illegal workers. Meanwhile, liberals deplore his harsh approach, with its $10,000 fines and $3,500 fees for temporary work visas. Thousands of protesters threaded through the streets of L.A. carrying signs saying LOVE THY NEIGHBOR, DON'T DEPORT HIM. Their champion, Senator Edward Kennedy, whom Bush will need in his corner to get anything passed, is still fuming after the March raid of a Massachusetts factory, in which agents swept...
Saying that “the victor of the war in Iraq is Iran,” Madeleine K. Albright prescribed a regional approach to the problem, encouraging countries to engage in diplomacy and to realize that it was in their best interest to resolve the conflict in Iraq...
...science and psychology thesis by Judy Z. Herbstman ’07. This may be in large part due to understaffing, but other resources on campus are drastically underutilized as well. It often seems as if there are more peer counselors than students using peer counseling services. Students rarely approach proctors and tutors about issues of mental and emotional health. Yes, formal training for these positions on such issues should be decidedly augmented, but it is hard to justify such training when students do not approach people in those positions for help in those areas. Students must voice their concerns...
...fair to Christine, 3EB has arguably not had a hit since 1999, when the hook-y “Never Let You Go” rose to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts. Apparently, people will let 3EB go. Other alums took a more hostile approach: as Matthew L. Kramer ’98 puts it, “Why do you care...?” Perhaps 3EB isn’t worth caring about, but any band capable of feuding with badass Matchbox Twenty is clearly deserving of some importance. “I guess Akon...