Word: byronism
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...some inventory stockpiles are necessary to prevent unexpected supply interruptions from turning into crippling production bottlenecks that can spread havoc throughout the economy. But computers now permit companies to maintain leaner inventories, and this more precise business management should eventually reduce costly overhead charges and increase profits. -By Christopher Byron...
...Christopher Byron. Reported by Bernard Baumohl/New York and David Beckwith/Washington
...formally called romanticism, that human knowledge has no limits, that man can become either God or Satan, depending on his inclinations. The rider to this proposition is that some human minds are more limitless than others, and wherever that notion finds its most eager receptacles, one starts out with Byron and winds up in Dachau. To be fair, that is not all of romanticism, but it is the worst of it, and the worst has done the world a good deal of damage. For the 18th century, man was man-size. For the 19th and 20th, his size has been...
...decision had gone the other way, a rash of suits might have contested negotiated seniority systems that favor whites and males, not only in promotion but in pay and job security. Many last-hired, first-fired agreements, for one large example, will now be difficult to challenge. Justice Byron White, for the majority, explained that his ruling rested in part on "the policy favoring minimal governmental intervention in collective bargaining." But it also continues a conservative trend on the court, which has now applied the "intent" standard in school desegregation, voting rights and other cases...
...Right to limit the Court's jurisdiction on matters ranging from school prayer to busing to abortion. Still, conservatives appreciate the hands-off approach Ely would take on many cases. And the one current member whom Ely says has come close to following the tenets of his theory. Justice Byron "Whizzer White, has usually opposed scrutinizing legislation that allegedly violates so-called "fundamental rights," and future Reagan appointees would likely do the same...