Word: goodrich
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DIED. ALBERT HACKETT, 95, stage- and screenwriter; in Manhattan. Hackett, with his first wife, Frances Goodrich, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1956 for their play The Diary of Anne Frank. Their more than 30 movies include The Thin Man and It's a Wonderful Life...
...Goodrich has plenty of company. Last week, after thousands of entrepreneurs unleashed a torrent of protest letters and faxes on Capitol Hill, President Clinton scrambled to offer reassurance. "Unless we are firmly committed to small-business growth, we cannot succeed as a country," he said in a hurriedly arranged appearance before a group of small-company executives. His message did little to silence their gripes, most notably the complaint that provisions in the House and Senate tax bills designed to soak the rich will drown small enterprises. That is because about 80% of businesses in the U.S. pay taxes...
...DAVE GOODRICH, WHO OWNS PART OF a small real estate firm in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, ought to be happy right now. Thanks to the steady decline in mortgage rates, his business is growing rapidly. The company has nearly doubled its work force since 1986, while reinvesting roughly two-thirds of profits in new equipment and office space. But Goodrich worries a lot. His fear: a deficit-reduction package that will clobber many small firms like his. "This is a job-creating company that the government should help, not penalize," he complains. "I'd rather have Bush's recession than Clinton...
...Bruce Goodrich's set is suitably angular and spartan--a wooden wall lined with a grim row of sepia photographs forms the background. And a lectern, table and three chairs (all at severe right angles to each other) serve as the only furniture. The set's rigidity contrasts well with the informality of Atkins' movements and gestures, just as the bright green table cloth sets off her purple suit...
...though, employees and retirees of some of America's largest corporations fear that the pensions they were counting on may not be there when they need them. If Executive Life's failure is not frightening enough for Americans, some 50 large companies, including LTV, Chrysler, Bethlehem Steel and Uniroyal Goodrich, have seriously underfunded their pension plans and jeopardized the security of their own retirees...