Word: perots
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Last week the automaker captured its first big one. It announced plans to spend as much as $2.5 billion to buy Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems, one of the biggest U.S. suppliers of computer services. Founded in 1962 by Chairman H. Ross Perot, EDS (1983 sales: $629.7 million) provides data processing for such customers as the U.S. Army and the state of Tennessee's Medicaid program. GM already has the first task for EDS: streamlining the automaker's morass of accounting, payroll and scheduling records. Said GM Chairman Roger Smith: "We have to get to the point where...
Interpreting the Texas decision as a triumph of Darwinists over creationists misses the main point. What the struggle shows is the important role that textbooks can play in the nationwide drive to restore educational excellence. The reversal comes at a time when Computer Magnate H. Ross Perot, as chairman of a committee on public education, is crusading to upgrade Texas schools. Holt, Rinehart & Winston's Robert Palmerton calls the decision "a plus for the state of Texas...
...agree with H. Ross Perot's criticism of Texas schools and their obsession with football and marching bands [Jan. 30]. However, I would not deny a student the chance to participate in extracurricular activities because of low grades. Some students have their talent in their heads, others in their hands and feet...
...suggest we clone H. Ross Perot and put one on every school board...
...Ross Perot, 53, a Texan who has earned millions from the computer industry, disagrees. After loudly criticizing Texas schools' obsession with football, marching bands and baton twirling, he has been named by Governor Mark White to head a committee to try to reform public schools in Texas. It is likely to be an uphill struggle. Texas students spend an average of one hour a night on academic studies and as much as 15 to 20 hours a week on extracurricular activities. At least 600 of the state's 1,100 districts allocate all of their local school revenues...