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Without looking at the name of the company, she strode up to the booth...
...statement about how the department understands and encourages its students to understand these topics. By including Marx but not including feminists on the syllabus, the department communicates that capitalism is an institution worthy of criticism, but sexism is not. Furthermore, allowing concentrators to read Hegel, Tocqueville and Polanyi, to name a few, without providing sociological criticisms of their work gives credence to their views, many of which are characterized by sexist, racist and imperialist beliefs...
...That gloom is enveloping Toyota City. The town of 420,000 in eastern Japan has been synonymous with Japanese manufacturing prowess for decades. The residents were so proud of Toyota that in 1959 they changed the city's then name, Koromo, to match its most important citizen. But the town's fortunes rise and fall with Toyota's. The firm's sprawling factory complexes lie only a short distance from the town center, and, as in any company town, the paychecks of Toyota employees are the main source of support for its restaurants and shops. According to city statistics...
...comment on the issues of one company. Toyota employees are keeping their lips tightly sealed as well. Those approached on the streets, their Toyota company IDs clearly visible, politely bow their heads and say they are unable to comment. Only one young employee, who wouldn't give his name, mutters, "We're not sure what is going to happen." (See pictures of Detroit's decline...
...Europe's less profligate members are realizing, the problem with family is that a good name can be tarnished by a single member's bad behavior. Concern over Greece's public deficit - which now exceeds 12.7% of GDP, well over the E.U. limit of 3% - has sent the euro tumbling and caused stock markets across the continent to fall. And with the finances of eurozone countries now under a market microscope, questions are now being asked about Spain and Portugal, which are also battling high deficits. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...