Word: guards
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...which a generation of GM investors, analysts and observers might say, "Again?" GM has had more turnarounds than a buck private on guard duty, all of them leading nowhere. In the swift and ravaging decline of a single decade, GM's car sales dropped off by nearly 2 million vehicles, or 40% of its 1985 volume, a loss that was only partly cushioned by a 21% rise in truck sales. Management made poor, even inexplicable, choices. For instance, in 1983 the company suspended production of the Chevrolet Malibu, the country's favorite family car and one of its all-time...
...arms lobby first had to stir up demand among the Latin Americans. The Pentagon quietly arranged for Puerto Rican Air National Guard pilots to fly Brazilian generals in F-16s. In March 1996 an armada of U.S. warplanes flew to Chile for an air show. As scores of Latin American officers and hundreds of civilians squinted into the sunny sky, an F-16 Falcon soared high up, then roared down in a kamikaze dive. A B-2 Stealth bomber flew over the Santiago fairground. A giant C-17 air cargo plane rumbled along the taxiway with a Chilean flag fluttering...
...first freshman point guard to lead his team to college basketball's national championship. In Arizona's inspiring 84-79 overtime victory over defending champion Kentucky in the final in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 31, he scored 19 points, assisted on four baskets and even led his team in rebounds with nine. "He is a special one," says Dean Smith, coach of the North Carolina team Arizona beat in the semifinals. He is Mike Bibby, son of--Virginia Bibby...
...beating three No. 1 seeds on its way to the championship. Indeed, Arizona's Wildcats had almost as many story lines as free throws in their win over Kentucky's Wildcats. There was vindication for Lute Olsen, the "Coach from Glad," who forever silenced his detractors. There was guard Jason Terry, who slept in his uniform the night before the final. Then there was guard Miles Simon, who began the season as the academically ineligible brother-in-law of Darryl Strawberry but ended it as the Final Four's most outstanding player, thanks to 30 points in the final...
...most compelling tale of all, though, is Bibby's, and it's a tale that belongs in future Family Studies courses. Mike's father, Henry Bibby, was the point guard for three UCLA championships (1970-72). Those who have seen both play say that Mike, 18 and slightly shorter (6 ft. 1 in.) than his father, has the old man's shooting touch, his court sense, his cool under pressure, even his posture. As it happens, Henry Bibby, now 48, was in Indianapolis for the Final Four, both as the coach for U.S.C. and as a member...