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...least part of that support reflects disenchantment with the disarray and inertia that marked Bush's economic management. "A lot of Republicans felt that any number of things weren't being addressed by the Bush Administration and that we were drifting toward a depression," says Dwayne Andreas, chairman of agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland and a longtime G.O.P. stalwart. "People will be very patient with Clinton if he appears to be heading in the right direction," Andreas adds, "because it will take a lot of time to get the economy turned around and moving again...
...sheer size, however, is one of GM's greatest burdens. Because of arrogance and inertia, GM has fallen out of touch with its customers. Except for products of GM's Saturn and Pontiac divisions, young drivers increasingly spurn the company's cars for Japanese makes or other U.S. models. The median ages for buyers of GM's bread-and-butter midsize lines are 45 for Chevrolet, 55 for Oldsmobile and 60 for Buick. By contrast, the ages of U.S. buyers of Japanese cars range from 35 to 40. GM has foundered while the more nimble Ford and Chrysler, which...
...know that I must break this malaise with my own will, and I have started trying. Resisting inertia is no easy task, though, and each new morning brings its own challenges. Do I have to read this chapter in the source-book? Will these optional problems really help me? Must I go to the gym and work out? The myriad of questions, frustratingly enough, lacks a satisfying number of answers...
...epicenter for controversy within the campaign, which may explain why she has received scant public credit for shrewd judgments like doggedly promoting the bus-tour idea within the Clinton camp. Top strategist James Carville defends her in these terms: "The most powerful force in the universe is inertia, and Susan is the most anti-inertia person I know...
...When I became President, I tried to bring a more personal dimension back to politics, because this world is endangered by a large "anonymization." We are becoming integral parts of mega-machineries, which move with their own uncontrollable inertia. I tried to accentuate the spiritual and ethical dimensions of political decision-making...