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Martinelli acknowledges the stereotype but denies its validity. Nothing that he is himself an auto mechanic, he commented, "We're no Brattle Street garden party...
...other hand, the Japanese government had trade news of a different sort for U.S. auto manufacturers. For the seventh consecutive year Tokyo announced that it would continue a program of voluntary export quotas on cars destined for the U.S. This year's ceiling of 2.3 million vehicles remained the same as in the two previous years. Japanese automakers termed the government restraints a necessary evil to avoid a flare-up of U.S. protectionist sentiments...
...affiliation with AFSCME marks the end to a more than a year long period when the local labor leaders rejected affiliation with their previous parent union, the United Auto Workers (UAW). As recently as 1982 Harvard support staff in the Medical Area voted down unionization, but union officials are confident that by affiliating with AFSCME they will get the boost to successfully and their 15 year effort to organize University clerical workers...
Mini Maid Services. In 1973 Homemaker Leone Ackerly, mother of three, wanted to buy a new auto. To earn the money, she hired herself out as a cleaning lady. She has since, as they say, cleaned up. Now 41, Ackerly drives a Jaguar XJ6 and oversees a maid-service empire, based in Marietta, Ga., with 900 employees at 96 franchises in 24 states. Annual revenues: more than $9 million. Mini Maid is about to launch franchises in Germany, Italy and Australia. The secret of Ackerly's success? Says she: "We do one thing one way for one price...
...seems, sends its vibes through the water, which then charges up the person drinking it. Even more practical advocates suggest placing a cluster of "charged" crystals inside a refrigerator to accelerate cooling and thus reduce the electric bill or -- better yet -- attaching a 3-in. crystal to an auto carburetor to save on gas mileage...