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Upon taking control of the House, Republicans immediately changed the rules of the body. They massively increased the power of Speaker Newt, ensuring that their ranks could move in lockstep for maximum political efficacy. Even ostensibly progressive reforms, such as rules requiring public committee hearings, have been used to subject delicate House negotiations to the capricious whims of authoritarian populism...
...mass organization easier and cheaper. And since the 1960s, the technologies have unfolded relentlessly: computerized mass mailing, the personal computer and printer, the fax, the modem and increasingly supple software for keeping tabs on members or prospective members. The number of associations, both political and apolitical, has grown in lockstep with these advances. One bellwether -- the size of the American Society of Association Executives -- went from 2,000 in 1965 to 20,000 in 1990. As for sheerly political organizations: no one knows exactly how many lobbyists there are in Washington, but the Congressional Quarterly estimates that between...
Each group uses the same syllabus in "lockstep," he says, and each "rookie" teacher meets with the veteran assistant at least once a week to discuss concerns...
While Detroit used to lose customers by raising its prices in lockstep with the Japanese, U.S. firms are now moving aggressively to hone their competitive edge. General Motors, the largest (though currently the weakest) of America's Big Three, last week unveiled a plan to hold price increases to just 1.8% in 1994. Under GM's so-called value pricing, the company will offer some fully equipped 1994 models for less than what comparable ones cost today. GM hopes that by simplifying buyers' choices it can rebuild a market share that has slipped from 61% a decade...
...charge of AT&T after the sudden death of CEO James Olson in 1988. Olson had guided the company through the painful period following the breakup of Ma Bell, when it chopped its labor force 19%, or 70,000 workers. It was Allen, though, who changed the company's lockstep culture. Going against tradition, he recruited top executives from outside, including Alex Mandl, former president of the Sea-Land ocean-shipping concern, as chief financial officer; Jerre Stead, former chief executive of electrical-equipment maker Square D, as head of the computer division; and Richard Bodman, of the Comsat satellite...