Word: borg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Borg and McEnroe went to 18-16. Lendl came back from 2-0 to take the French and break Mac. Martina and Chrissie...
Wimbledon begins next week, a tougher stop for a baseliner, though Bjorn Borg contrived to win five in a row that patient way, and Chang has that kind of dream. "I want to be the No. 1 player in the world and have all the best shots in tennis: serve, volley, base line, drop shot, you name it. I try to set my goals as high as I can." If he inspires Asians, Chang will be pleased. "It helped Sweden when Borg came along and made such a big impact. I'm hoping it will also happen in Asia...
...useful testing of the limits: of greed, of debt, of dealmaking. The resulting outcry may prove an effective regulating device. "In its own way, the deal has been typically American, where nothing is in moderation, including the enormous selfishness of management," notes James Bere, chairman of Borg-Warner. "It's touched a nerve. Sometimes we have to do things in extremes before we can put the total in perspective." Without that perspective, the wages of greed may be a less productive and ever more debt-ridden economy...
...maximum penalty for insider trading for individuals to $1 million from the current $100,000, and would provide a bounty for informants. This fall 60 universities will teach ethics courses developed in a $5 million program sponsored by the Arthur Andersen accounting firm. Says James Bere, chairman of Borg-Warner: "I'm impressed by the number of people of my generation who are calling for values again. Still, there's a definite problem. Many of the young people who come in to work for us don't know right from wrong." Perhaps the best way to learn is by observing...
This version of the Nazarene, though clearly an empathic type, "is not a comforting figure," observes Robert Funk, founder of the Jesus Seminar and former administrator of the Society of Biblical Literature. "He's a troublemaker." Marcus Borg of Oregon State University concurs that this "subversive sage" was, like Socrates, out "to undermine the safe assumptions of conventional wisdom." That he chose to break bread with the lepers and outcasts of his day was a remarkable rejection of established Jewish mores, says Borg. Such scholars perceive a worldly revolutionary at work in the man who insisted, "The last will...