Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week that citizens of his race should henceforth be known as African Americans. "There are Armenian Americans and Jewish Americans and Arab Americans and Italian Americans," he explained. "Every ethnic group in this country has reference to some land base, some historical cultural base. African Americans have hit that level of cultural maturity...
...common element in this high-level pitch: if Arafat could not get some favorable response from the U.S. for his painful and personally dangerous efforts, he would face a radical Arab backlash, perhaps headed by Syria. A rare chance for progress on peace would be lost. "It was a full-court action to get both sides to see reason, especially Washington," said a Swedish diplomat...
Toyota's task within the joint venture was to implant its efficient, low- cost production system in GM's Fremont factory. GM is represented by 17 management-level employees at NUMMI, while Toyota has 36, including the president and executive vice president. One of the first things the Japanese did was eliminate executive perks such as reserved parking places and a separate cafeteria. Then they turned the top-down style of American management -- the tradition of the industrial engineer as the first and last word on how a car is made -- on its head. As NUMMI president Kan Higashi says...
NUMMI's influence on the lives of its people has been immense. NUMMI's influence on the auto industry has been more limited. It is not yet a profitable business, at least partly because of competitive tension between GM and Toyota at the corporate level. Although GM has sent thousands of visitors through NUMMI, the reactions to it "vary plant by plant," according to GM's highest-ranking executive at NUMMI, John Arle. "GM is a big ship to turn around...
...from Soviets for his handling of the disaster. He is being praised in Moscow for his fast reaction in cutting short his American trip and returning to the Soviet Union, and in keeping what appears to be a tight grip on events as they unfold. "He sent a high-level team to the region immediately and kept them there," says a senior Western diplomat in Moscow. "They showed compassion and worked with the local people. The real test will be in how well they organize the long-term reconstruction." The disaster catapulted Prime Minister Ryzhkov, 59, into prominence...