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...coalition like it was falling apart. Attracted to his relaxed views on abortion and homosexuality, social libertarians went for Forbes; values conservatives for Buchanan; supply siders for Forbes; deficit hawks for Dole; anxious economic nationalists for Buchanan, who invited angry Democrats in union halls to "join the party of greed" long enough to help him hijack the nomination. Even Lamar Alexander could claim to be a credible contender--the new safe choice--by being less mean than Dole and Forbes, less Beltway than Dole and Gramm and less disruptive to the party than Forbes and Buchanan. When Republican leaders talk...
DOCTORS WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE God were much easier to work with than these new doctors of greed. The former usually came equipped with a soul. The latter appear to have none. VERDA H. BIALAC Omaha, Nebraska...
...implication, this feat of catapulting over the single most divisive 'ism' in the English language required no linguistic acrobatics, only a careful scrutiny of the historical record. As theorists have long since suggested, the elevation of whiteness above blackness in America's northern cities originated in economic greed, developed into wage competition, and then sustained itself with bogus 'race' theories only after black degradation was already a fait accompli...
ANGRY INVESTORS CLOSED OUT THE Decade of Greed with demands that executive compensation be tied to company performance. In other words, CEOs should pocket a bundle only if their companies make a bundle. And make a bundle they did. By laying off employees, merging and acquiring at a record pace, slicing employee health-care costs and scoring strong sales, U.S. companies enjoyed record profits...
...HAVE BECOME DISILLUSIONED WITH THE greed and ruthlessness that corporate America exhibits in the treatment of its employees. However, the story of Malden Mills owner Aaron Feuerstein, who kept his 2,400 employees on the payroll after a devastating fire [BUSINESS, Jan. 8] until his mill could be rebuilt, made me realize there are still employers left who care about more than the bottom line. Feuerstein recognizes that loyal and skilled workers are a lot harder to replace than machines. DALE GADBOIS Houston...