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Finally, Chrysler spent money where it counted, notably on a $1 billion technical center where teams are developing a new generation of compact cars, among other creations, with little meddling from top brass. The company also committed $30 million to a training blitz last summer for its dealer and service networks, staging two-day workshops to prepare them for the new LH cars and the high expectations of drivers who have grown accustomed to imports...
...MOTORS MOLD, EVEN though he spent 32 years as a GM troubleshooter in posts all over the world. He always refused to join a country club, instead preferring to build roads and dig wells on his 185-acre Montana spread. He seldom hid his differences with GM's top brass, often phrasing his protests in barnyard epithets. Last year, when he found himself sidelined in a staff job, the restless Rock prepared to take one of GM's early-retirement packages...
While Beijing accepted his declaration of "deeply deploring" the war record, officials gave no such leeway to Christopher Patten, Hong Kong's gutsy new British Governor. On his first visit to China, Patten was snubbed by the top brass and told curtly that his ideas for further democratizing Hong Kong before the 1997 Chinese takeover were unacceptable. Beijing threatened to annul such political reforms, even if Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms are mainland gospel today. Chinese reverence for the wisdom of age was clear when the 14th Communist Party Congress's 2,000 delegates cheered the ultimate appearance of Deng...
...host) or nega-dittos. "When he calms down and stops horsing around," says erstwhile movie star Jane Russell, "he speaks common American sense, which we've been throwing into the toilet." Russell's husband, the crusty Texan John Peoples, adds, "If bulls--- was music, he'd be a brass band. But I love...
...ethereal ballad Blood of Eden (with Sinead O'Connor singing backup) uses biblical references to emphasize Gabriel's hunger for spiritual and sexual union. The up-tempo Steam, featuring a funky, pumping bass line and brass blasts, teems with sexual energy, as Gabriel lusts for a woman who is "turning up the heat...