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...other service franchises in 13 Asian countries. Technology has allowed the corporate office to become more involved in the franchises than at any other time during his 33-year tenure there, he says. He and ServiceMaster's team of three U.S.-based managers support franchises across six continents--helping implement new contracts and maintain quality standards. But Odman still packs his bags and goes to Asia about 10 times a year...
...global reaction was swift and furious. Governments condemned the President's stance as uninformed and even reckless, noting with outrage that the U.S. is home to 4% of the world's population but produces 25% of its greenhouse gases. French President Jacques Chirac called on all countries to implement Kyoto--never mind Washington. China's Foreign Ministry called U.S. actions "irresponsible...
...municipal governments are working to duplicate such successes. In 1993, Portland, Ore., became the first U.S. city to implement its own CO2-reduction plan, joining a global partnership of municipal governments that eventually included Denver; Minneapolis, Minn.; Copenhagen; and Helsinki. The goal was to slash CO2 emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2010. Portland's strategy involved a six-point program that included synchronizing traffic lights, planting 75,000 acres of trees (which absorb carbon dioxide) and buying low-CO2 vehicles for the city's fleet...
...administration's reversal disappointed the meat-processing industry, which has long opposed the stricter screening guidelines, which it claims are too expensive to implement and result in an unnecessary waste of meat. In the year since the Clinton standards went into effect, for example, 4.8 million pounds of ground beef (out of a total of 120 million pounds inspected) were rejected because it contained salmonella...
Members of the Progressive Student Movement Labor Movement (PSLM) say they hope that focusing on the Corporation will force the administration to implement a living wage of at least $10.25 per hour for all Harvard employees. And by loudly calling attention to the existence of the Corporation, they say they hope to galvanize students to change the inner workings of the University...