Word: neff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PRINCETON (73): John Thompson 1-0--2; Bob Scrabis 6-5--17; Alan Williams 8-8--24; Dave Orlandini 6-1--16; Joe Scott 5-2--14; Tim Neff 0-0--0; Aaron Belz 0-0--0; Anders Vestergaard 0-0--0; Totals...
...recent trip to Japan, American Businessman Bruce Neff unwittingly broke a key cultural rule. The Data General manager abruptly chopped an order he had placed with a Japanese firm by one-third. "It was an ordinary procedure that in the U.S. would have taken 15 minutes," he recalled. But the Japanese were shocked and threatened by the unexpected cutback, and launched into negotiations with Neff that dragged on for three days...
...Japanese invest abroad, more and more U.S. businessmen will find themselves doing deals with them. The corporate style that works for Americans at home may not go over with their new colleagues or competitors. Neff and many other Boston-area executives are turning to Ikuko Atsumi, 43, a Japanese poet and feminist who has lived in the U.S. since 1981. She is president of the New England Japanese Center, which teaches often bewildered Americans how to do business with her countrymen. Says Atsumi: "To succeed in Japan, the fastest shortcut is to learn Japanese culture...
Indeed, the precise threat of lung cancer, which takes from 13 to 50 years to manifest itself, is poorly understood. Says Stan Neff, 53, who has worked at Asarco for 18 years: "I've lived around here all my life and I'm not concerned about any health hazards. It's a lot better than it was 50 years ago." But Darcy Wright, a Tacoma homemaker who lives a mile from the smelter, worries about raising her four-month-old son. Says she: "Somehow I'm going to have to provide him with a protected area...
Talking to a group of guidance counselors in Phoenix, A.C.M. President Charles Neff set out to dispel some myths about his region. The Midwest is not dull. It is not flat. "We do have woods and lakes and rolling hills," he said. His jocularity did not mask his mission. Said one of the counselors: "Any time someone serves you Bloody Marys and screwdrivers at noon, you know they're serious." Neff anticipated questions with a barrage of statistics: 58% of A.C.M.'s graduates find full-time employment within a year after graduation, 25% are enrolled in graduate...