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...slow growth has taken a heavy toll on many industries. Ford, Chrysler and General Motors idled 45 of their 62 U.S. and Canadian plants for up to four weeks in the first half of 1990. Along with the closings, the Big Three have laid off or fired 38,000 workers. "Manufacturers are very cautious," says Stanley Gault, chairman of Ohio-based Rubbermaid, a leading maker of household products. "The economy is just hobbling along...
...taps inexpensive Mexican labor and exports golf bags across the border. "The U.S. sporting-goods market is four times larger than Japan's," says Masato. "I'm confident that we can carve out a niche." Such assurance is typical of Masato, a flamboyant manager who drives a red 1965 Ford Mustang convertible to work. Says an aide: "He's a fireball...
David Boudreau stood outside the Somerville Loews movie theatre, trying to coax his two young sons away from the glitzy poster advertising Wednesday's opening of Ford Fairlane...
...Wednesday night, most of the men attending the local premiere of Ford Fairlaine--the movie starring the controversial Clay--expressed similar thoughts, and most of them were not so shy about it as Boudreau...
...little on the shady side," said Carol Krouse. But she added that she did not find Ford Fairlane particularly offensive...