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...blacks--or at least a reluctance to sign up blindly with the Democratic Party. "As younger black professionals move up, they tend to move away from party affiliation. They could be up for grabs," he says. While most older blacks identify themselves as Democrats, a 1997 poll by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that 42% of blacks ages 26 to 35 classified themselves as independents...
...just the Derby. Hollywood's old watering hole is now a swing club. That's '90s swing--Panama hats and cocktail dresses plus cell phones and plastic. Smoke and libido still hang in the air. So does the spirit of Sinatra. "Obviously," says Tammi Gower, one of the joint's owners, "Sinatra was the epitome of cool." On the night after the great man died, the Derby observed a moment of silence. Then Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers bit into...
...this is not meant to be a cry for sympathy. It was my decision to be a joint concentrator, against the advice of friends, parents and tutors. Yet are all of these classes truly necessary...
...alliance with Samsung Motors Inc. GM, still the world's largest automaker, owns Germany's Adam Opel AG, the U.K.'s Vauxhall Motor Cars Ltd., Holden's in Australia, 50% of Saab Automobile AB in Sweden and about a third of Isuzu. On top of that, GM operates a joint venture in Canada with Suzuki Motor Corp. and an assembly plant called NUMMI in California with Toyota...
...major cost-cutting opportunities. For example, the two companies combined spend $7 billion on R. and D. every year. Much of the money that goes into research on, say, safety or fuel-cell technology can be put under one umbrella for savings. Economies can also be extracted from joint purchases of raw materials. "Daimler and Chrysler will maximize the number of common parts they're using for their cars," says Christian Breitsprecher, a Dusseldorf-based industry analyst. "Engines, engine control systems, transmissions, door locks, seats--you name it." As Eaton insisted to TIME, "There's $100 million of savings...