Word: engineeer
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Better known as Miss Manners, Martin has helped transform etiquette from the realm of society matrons to a tool for everyday life. In her new book, Star-Spangled Manners, she argues that American manners are an engine of equality. She talked to TIME's Richard Stengel, whom she hardly corrected...
At 35, she was tapped to run a 1,000-employee aircraft-engine parts plant in Wilmington, N.C. At 40, she led the integration into GE of Greenwich Aviation Services, a $1.6 billion company that the larger firm had just acquired. Two years ago, Immelt and his successor at GE...
Before Lawes, 35, became CEO last year, he engineered the $275 million acquisition of Lyrick Studios, the U.S. company behind Barney, the purple dinosaur that draws more than 1.5 million viewers for each of its TV episodes. Lawes just bought the firm behind another classic kids' character, Thomas the Tank...
Still, it might get harder to muddle through in the future, since there are indications that the most reliable part of Japan's economic engine?its high-profile export industries?is under unprecedented attack. "Japan's competitive positioning is declining internationally," says Ken Courtis, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia...
U.S. officials estimate that the roughly 400 Stingers unaccounted for in Afghanistan are nearing the end of their useful life, if they haven't already passed it. While defense officials suggest the missile system's battery is good for only about five years, many remain potent after 10 years. Both...