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Long before his death in 1994, Bill Levitt fully understood that it was Levittown, a working stiff's utopia, that had been his great and intricate achievement. Levittown isn't a visionary product of high design. No major architect went near the place. It was what you get when a canny businessman sees a massive public appetite and applies capital and logistics in a timely fashion...
During the postwar boom, Reuther campaigned for wage increases, winning a major victory in a 1948 settlement with General Motors that established the concept of an annual wage increase (annual improvement factor) tied to a quarterly cost of living allowance. The AIF-COLA formula has, over the years, been a pillar of progress in enhancing workers' living standards and ensuring protection of the purchasing power of the earned dollar against the impact of inflation...
...advocating universal health care. He organized the Committee of One Hundred to put the issue on the national agenda and set the stage for congressional action. At the same time, he helped establish one of the early HMOs, an association that eventually became the Health Alliance Plan, a major health-care provider in the metropolitan Detroit area. Whether testifying before Congress or elsewhere, Reuther threw his weight behind the public issues of the day. He called for a Citizens Crusade Against Poverty, federal aid to housing and education, the peaceful use of atomic energy and a national minimum wage...
World War II liberated Tom Watson Jr. from his demons. His success in promoting the use of flight simulators earned him a job as aide and pilot for Major General Follett Bradley, the Army Air Forces' inspector general. Watson flew throughout Asia, Africa and the Pacific, displaying steel nerves and shrewd foresight and planning skills. He was set to fly for United Air Lines after the war when a chance conversation with Bradley changed his course. Informed of Watson's job plans, the general said, "Really? I always thought you'd go back and run the IBM company." A stunned...
...40th floor of the General Motors Building in Manhattan. Here the realm of very Big Business meets the world of Estee Lauder--intensely refined, every woman's dream office. It has been the office of a businesswoman and mother, where work and family mingled seamlessly for decades in a major corporation--the Holy Grail of many working women today (her grandchildren are in key positions). Carol Phillips, who founded the Clinique line for the company, describes Lauder's management style as highly creative. She conducted business in subtly elegant comfort. "Her conference room was like a dining room, and everything...