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...moment when the American libido seems to oscillate between Puritanism and rampant exhibitionism, how significant is it that for the first time in more than 30 years the nation has elected a President with sex appeal? The last six Presidents -- Bush, Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson -- combined do not conjure up enough erotic energy to fill a single room at the No-Tell Motel. Forget Gennifer Flowers -- this is not the moment to descend into the muck of her sleazy allegations. Rather, the swooning and the cooing on the rope lines during the last breathless...
...were worried that there would be a big letdown after the first loss, but we just came out and played tough, just like we did all year," said senior Co-Captain Mason Ford...
...Danny Oakes played a great game in goal for us against Brown, just like he has all season," said Ford. "We just came up a little short...
...layoffs to come, brutality will have to be tempered. GM must restructure its business without further alienating workers whose cooperation will be crucial to the company's success. While the U.A.W.'s relations with GM have generally been much stormier than those with Ford or Chrysler, the union seems willing to give the new management a chance. Says former U.A.W. president Douglas Fraser: "There's a fundamental truth -- the workers can't survive unless GM survives." And Stephen Yokich, head of the union's GM department, says he wants to help the company become more productive. But Yokich adamantly opposes...
...down style of management that has characterized the company since Alfred Sloan to a more collegial style in which everyone from the shop floor to the executive suite participates in decision making. That is no longer a revolutionary idea among GM's rivals or industry at large. Ford developed its Taurus using nearly autonomous teams of workers, and Chrysler last year opened a mammoth $1 billion technical center that will bring together 6,000 technicians, designers and engineers to work on joint car projects. Perhaps not surprisingly, Ford and Chrysler have recently reclaimed market share from Japanese automakers, while...