Word: blandly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chrysler Corp.'s bland announcement last week that it was dropping five of its 18 directors in order to "improve efficiency and effectiveness as well as reduce cost" didn't fool industry observers. The unusual pedigree of one of those directors -- Owen Bieber, president of the United Auto Workers union -- signaled other, less technocratic motives. Most bets are that the willful U.A.W. boss, a board member since 1984, was dropped because of his frequent opposition to management, led by its equally willful chairman, Lee Iacocca. "There were a lot of 17-to-1 votes," Bieber said last week...
...Hara-Forster, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Audrey Ball, Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Rosemary Byrnes, Val Castronovo, Nancy McD. Chase, Georgia Harbison, Michael P. Harris, Anne Hopkins, Katherine Mihok, Nancy Newman, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph, Zona Sparks, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Susanne Washburn (Senior Staff); Elizabeth L. Bland, Kathleen Brady, Barbara Burke, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Andrea Dorfman, David Ellis, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Mary McC. Fernandez, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Sinting Lai, Daniel S. Levy, Michael Quinn, Megan Rutherford, Andrea Sachs, Patricia Santella, Sophfronia Scott, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen, Leslie Whitaker, Linda Williams, Linda Young
...Hara-Forster, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Audrey Ball, Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Rosemary Byrnes, Val Castronovo, Nancy McD. Chase, Georgia Harbison, Michael P. Harris, Anne Hopkins, Katherine Mihok, Nancy Newman, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph, Zona Sparks, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Susanne Washburn (Senior Staff); Elizabeth L. Bland, Kathleen Brady, Barbara Burke, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Andrea Dorfman, David Ellis, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Mary McC. Fernandez, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Sinting Lai, Daniel S. Levy, Michael Quinn, Megan Rutherford, Andrea Sachs, Patricia Santella, Sophfronia Scott, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen, Leslie Whitaker, Linda Williams, Linda Young
...Soda Pop. Like soda pop itself, this work is not very inspiring. While retaining Bush's unique texture, it is dominated by white paint which obscures streaks of primary colors. This piece is diminished by its proximity to more vivacious works. In comparison to them, Celestial Soda Pop is bland--perhaps better suited to a hospital waiting room...
...Hara-Forster, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Audrey Ball, Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Rosemary Byrnes, Val Castronovo, Nancy McD. Chase, Georgia Harbison, Michael P. Harris, Anne Hopkins, Katherine Mihok, Nancy Newman, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph, Zona Sparks, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Susanne Washburn (Senior Staff); Elizabeth L. Bland, Kathleen Brady, Barbara Burke, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Andrea Dorfman, David Ellis, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Mary McC. Fernandez, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Sinting Lai, Daniel S. Levy, Michael Quinn, Megan Rutherford, Andrea Sachs, Patricia Santella, Sophfronia Scott, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen, Leslie Whitaker, Linda Williams, Linda Young