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Growing protectionist tendencies for finished goods in the United States and a rapidly increasing foreign debt have caused the Brazilian government to attract American firms to manufacture components for export and assembly elsewhere. The Ford Motor Company has decided to transfer its production of motors for Pinto models to Brazil in order to avoid high labor and tax costs in Britain, Alves pointed...
...expectations for themselves. Mrs. Sharlene Pugh of Detroit recalls that when she became interested in math as a child, "people naturally expected I would want to become a teacher." Against the advice of friends and family, she decided that she wanted nothing of the kind. Instead she joined Ford Motor Co., impressed superiors with her computer skills, and is now a highly paid systems specialist. On the other hand, it is true that relatively few women have been willing to invest the grinding extra hours and display the single-minded determination necessary to make it to the top in much...
...left before McGovern and drove over to Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge (where, incidentally, McGovern had set up camp) to have some breakfast. We were eating our eggs and muffins when the Senator walked in with his wife and aides, also seeking breakfast. He chose a table in the back of the room, next to ours, but stopped to talk to us for a while as he waited for his small encourage to catch up with...
...undecided voters of there were any. As the returns began to come in over the television that evening, and his percentage of the vote rose from 25 to 30 to 32 to 35 and finally to 37 per cent, there was jubilation in the halls of Hojo's Motor Lodge. The Senator came down at about 10:45 p.m. to make a brief speech in the jammed ballroom, thanking his hundreds of volunteers and proclaiming a moral victory. He came downstairs once more, just to shake hands with his supporters in the corridors and thank them again...
Over at the McGovern election center in Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, a crowd of reporters heard the South Dakota Senator claim a "moral victory." Asked if he had been the main factor in Muskie's less-than-expected performance, McGovern said, "Well I don't think there's any question about it. I'm emerging as the leading challenger to Ed Muskie...