Word: ohio
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Rounding out the panel were Claudia Card, a philosophy professor at the University of Wisconsin, and William P. Norris, professor of sociology at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. Card discussed "Homophobia and Lesbian/Gay Pride," explaining a lesbian, gay or bisexual's fear of the shame from public exposure, while Norris presented a case study of Oberlin entitled "Homophobia in a Liberal Institution...
...philosophical nature of Japan's automaking edge was proved once and for all with the success of the first Honda plant in Marysville, Ohio, where American workers build Accords whose quality rivals or exceeds the same cars built in Japanese plants. Following the example of Toyota chairman Eiji Toyoda, Japanese companies in the 1960s and 1970s effectively reworked Henry Ford's theories, replacing his intensely hierarchical assembly-line system with a more flexible team-based arrangement. Japan's efforts have been fruitful. In the past decade the Japanese have built 11 plants in the U.S. and Canada with the capacity...
...find the new heartland of automaking in the U.S., just head south from Detroit on Interstate 75. As it courses through Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, I-75 follows a corridor that has served as fertile ground for so-called greenfield factories, built from scratch for high productivity. This is where GM put its new Saturn plant, but most of the new factories along I-75 are Japanese transplants...
...told, Japanese companies have built 11 new assembly plants in North America, which employ 33,000 workers. The first was Honda, which manufactures Accords and Civics at two plants near Columbus, Ohio. Among the other newcomers are Nissan, which assembles Sentras and pick-up trucks in Smyrna, Tenn., and Toyota, which builds the Camry in Georgetown...
...leaks also seemed designed to ensnare Riegle. One document suggests that he benefited from two 1987 fund raisers arranged partly by Keating. Shortly afterward, the disclosures indicate, Riegle set up a meeting of the five Senators with regulators to press Keating's cause. The other two Senators / present, Ohio Democrat John Glenn and Arizona Republican John McCain, reportedly have been cleared of wrongdoing...