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...Ghosn is a globalist--Lebanese heritage, French education, Brazilian passport--who earned his spurs as an aggressive turnaround artist at Michelin, the tire company, and then Renault. To bring Nissan to heel, the 46-year-old used psychological leverage that nobody had ever bothered to exploit in Japan. "People within the company were convinced that Nissan was sick and could die," he says. "They knew it had to change, and they were willing to help...
...success as commander in chief? Not necessarily. Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan were considered foreign policy neophytes before they took office, and both proved to be resolute world leaders. Even Bill Clinton - who in 1992 practically boasted about his lack of interest in international affairs - turned into an unapologetic globalist, visiting more countries than any other president in history...
During Goizueta's tenure, Coke won the cola wars going away. In the $54 billion carbonated-beverage business, Coke owns 43% of the domestic market, to Pepsi's 31%. Coke has captured 48% of the world market, while Pepsi lags with 22%, estimates Beverage Digest. Goizueta, a globalist, has pushed sales hard outside the U.S. Coke gets 71% of its revenue abroad, while Pepsi generates more than 70% in the U.S. Last year PepsiCo's sales rose 5%, to $31.6 billion, but its earnings fell 28%, to $1.1 billion. Hindered by a strong dollar, which hurts foreign sales, Coke...
...example, the way the African-American Studies Department and its affiliated faculty has been developing and taking shape shows a much less U.S.-centred and much more globalist perspective," Buell says. "Harvard is in the process of becoming a central space to study African culture from a variety of disciplinary standpoints...
...nomination -- though he would surely accept it if a near-miracle occurred -- but to pressure Bush to move to the right by garnering a large share of votes in several primaries. Though Buchanan's America-first ideology is dismissed as unrealistic by those he derisively labels "the globalist foreign policy contingent in both parties," appealing to isolationism is a powerful political weapon...