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Level with us: Clay or Ruben? I'm actually a Clay guy, believe it or not. Ruben has an amazing voice, but he's kind of like your typical Luther Vandross or Peabo Bryson. Where Clay is--I've never seen anybody like that, except for maybe Rick Astley, way back when. He's this little guy with this tremendous voice...
When it comes to guns, politicians are figuring out what clay pigeons have known for a long time: it's safer to be a moving target. So it is that President Bush can win points with gun-control groups by sticking to his campaign promise to sign an extension on the assault-weapons ban when it expires next year, while House majority leader Tom DeLay can make the gun lobby happy by suggesting, as he did last week, that no such bill will ever reach Bush's desk. And Democrats can fuss and fume over how Bush and the Republicans...
...studied that pot in graduate school." LIEUT. COLONEL MATTHEW BOGDANOS, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve officer, examining a clay pot recovered after looting in Iraq...
...Nasser campaigned to put more women and minorities in executive suites, which put off some of the firm's old-liners. Some sued, claiming reverse discrimination, while others worked quietly to speed the CEO's ouster. Yet 18 months later, with Nasser's policies embraced by successor William Clay Ford Jr., Diversity Inc., a New Brunswick, N.J., publisher that tracks hiring and promotions, named Ford as America's most diverse company. Ford topped a list of about 100 firms that answered a 50-question survey. Diversity Inc. awarded extra points to firms that give top spots to women and minorities...
Ford, which marks its centennial in June, is in deeper trouble. It lost nearly $6 billion in the past two years, and since 2000 its North American market share has fallen 2.8 percentage points (GM's is down 1.5 points). CEO William Clay Ford Jr., the founder's great-grandson, is focused on cutting new-vehicle development time from the current three years (a full year longer than industry leader Toyota) and increasing parts-and-platform sharing. Ford's new Futura sedan, due in 2005 to replace the outgoing Taurus, will use a Mazda platform that Ford plans to leverage...