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Instead, Bill Ford insisted on having a career at the family shop, Ford Motor Co., which is far more complicated than you would think. Any number of times since the 1920s, the carmaker's professional managers have had to take the keys away from actual Fords before they did irreparable harm to the business. Ford, 44, became chairman in 1999 only after parrying the objection of his predecessor Alex Trotman, who didn't care to see another Ford in the driver's seat--particularly this one. "I was a heretic," Ford admits. "There were a lot of people saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rebel Driving Ford | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...motor vehicle was reported broken into at the Peabody Terrace Garage...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 5/9/2001 | See Source »

...years in Shenzhen has been an education for Zhang Jin, the concubine, a Mandarin speaker from Qingdao on China's east coast. She learned Cantonese from her Hong Kong motor executive "husband" as well as some Japanese, Korean and English from other clients. The languages will come in handy, she says, when she opens her border beauty parlor. She is giving herself 10 years to save enough money from her other talent: picking up paying men. But competition is rough. The Moonlight's chain-smoking madame, Zhou Min, says she has 200 girls on her books. And by midnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crossing The Line | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...Public Security Bureau. They are into everything that pays: car theft, gambling, prostitution, kidnap for ransom and even, astonishingly, petrol. The bulk of the bribes received by convicted customs chief Zhao came from smuggling gasoline. The racket worked like this: a tanker anchors in international waters and waits for motor launches to gather round. An auction follows, and the buyers smuggle the fuel to shore in barrels to sell to the nearest state-run station, no import duty paid. "The whole of southern China is running on smuggled gas," says Zheng. "And half the time, the government is controlling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crossing The Line | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

Walker said the fan was replaced on Monday night, but it will not be functional until the ceiling motor is repaired tomorrow...

Author: By Dana M . scardigli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Smoking Fan Closes Greenhouse Temporarily | 5/3/2001 | See Source »

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