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...admitted his pay was "too high"), their Japanese counterparts got more in compensation than met the eye. Claims Iacocca: "Don't feel sorry for the Japanese ((executives)). They make a lot of money. They have a lot of perks. They get bought $3 million houses. They have million-dollar golf-club memberships." His clear implication: when everything is tallied up -- salaries, bonuses and perks -- Japanese and American executives are neck and neck...
...Toyota, Shoichiro Toyoda is provided with membership in several elite golf clubs. Kume of Nissan receives a company-rented house in a posh Tokyo neighborhood. Nissan also provides its 47 board members with free use of a vacation home in Hakone, a mountain and lake resort area south of Tokyo. Liberal expense accounts routinely cover pricey meals and bar bills that can add up to $1,000 a head for a night...
...other things, the latest in '90s high-tech gear promises to give you a full workout in less than five minutes; teach you how to climb a rock face in the rumpus room; shake, rattle and roll your way to * fitness; and even take the hook out of your golf swing at home while facing some of the world's most famous golf courses. In each case, the first instruction for users is simple: carry a big wallet, make a muscle, then hand over weighty wads of cash...
Saying different things to different audiences is not exactly uncommon in politics. And ever since Dwight Eisenhower complained that his golf game suffered because someone was "always yelling Nasser at the top of my backswing," every politician with national ambitions has been attuned to how his Middle East views play on the U.S. political scene. Today's Democratic contenders are no exception. Even those who are toying with isolationism make an exception for Israel. They know that American Jews are a bountiful source of campaign contributions and that they vote in numbers far exceeding their percentage of the population...
NASHUA, N.H. As the news of John Sununu's fall blared from the television set last Tuesday, a smile of sweet revenge crossed Hugh Gregg's face, and his hand, which had turned purple from strangling a golf putter in anticipation of the announcement, finally relaxed. "A great day," said Gregg, who has guided George Bush through the bruising world of New Hampshire Republican politics since 1979, when the two men first toured the state in Gregg's Pontiac station wagon. "This will really help the President here...