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...devils snipe. The giants brawl; they trample the flowers. They break things. Sunt lacrimae rerum--the world's sad mortality. But collateral damage is a wily concept, and you have to make distinctions. There are varieties. Sometimes, as at My Lai, it occurs as atrocious revenge. (One detail made My Lai indelible in my mind: the murderers took a lunch break.) Sometimes, as at Kent State, or Amritsar in 1919, the damage may be the consequence of bad crowd control. Stupidity and atrocity are closely related...
That is a revolutionary concept for Boeing. In the early '90s, Boeing chased market share, often at the cost of lower profits. Now it is more deferential to its shareholders. "Boeing's basic thinking has changed," says Nisbet. "It isn't who can sell the most airplanes but who can make the most money." In order to do that, Boeing is promoting itself not merely as an airplane maker but as a diversified aerospace company with high-tech missile-defense contracts, space and communications systems and a growing aircraft-service business. To emphasize its new orientation, Boeing in March announced...
...innovation is as dramatic as Boeing's newest plane design. Just a few short months ago, Boeing went begging for someone to buy its concept of a stretched 747. It landed zero orders, in contrast to 60-plus to date for the A380. Humiliation begat inspiration. "Airbus forced a conversation about, 'Is this really where we want to go?'" says Alan Mulally, head of Boeing's commercial division. The face-saving answer was no. Adds Mulally: "We concluded that the sweet spot is in the midsize range...
Rudenstine does not articulate such reasons in his public statement of April 23. In fact he simply reports that the Ad Hoc Committee on Employment Policies “discussed and explicitly decided not to endorse the concept of a mandatory wage floor imposed without regard to collective bargaining.” He also reports that he reviewed the committee’s report, consulted others and “approved the committee’s recommendations.” However, he does not explain his reasons for approving it, beyond saying that he believed, and believes, that the committee?...
Musical inclusiveness has its price, though: Eating from the tree of knowledge leads to the fall. Sadly, the more I listen to popular music the more I know I’ll never re-experience the initial, Promethean moment of personal discovery of the very concept of pop music. I’m sure that’s not a unique feeling. Oh, to be 15 again and have music mean everything and be certain about my musical opinions. To know that when Michael Stipe sang it was the expression of my inner voice, and then to resent the fact...