Word: petersen
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...they were themselves overcome, spirited away by the police. Since March, similar scenes have been re-enacted almost daily in Queensland, Australia's northeastern state, where 231 people have been arrested in protests against harsh new labor legislation sponsored by the state's right-wing Premier Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, 74, who is called "Jackboots Joh" by detractors. Among other things, the laws require unions to give up to seven days' notice of their intention to strike...
...Detroit underestimates the new challenge. Says Ford Chairman Donald Petersen: "The Koreans are bound to be one more very unsettling dynamic in the worldwide car market." He believes the Japanese will export more up- scale models to the U.S. and leave the less expensive sector to Korea...
Born John Petersen Elder on August 1, 1913, in Auburn, N.Y., he received his A.B. degree summa cum laude from Williams College in 1934, his A.M. degree from Harvard in 1935, and his Ph.D. in classics at Harvard...
...Petersen, an engineer by training and a member of Mensa, the high-IQ society, has spent much of his 35-year Ford career planning new autos. A dedicated car buff, he startled fellow executives two years ago by taking a performance-driving course from Grand Prix Driver Bob Bondurant. More than 100 of his colleagues have since followed that lead to improve their knowledge of car handling...
...battles for succession have been common at Ford Motor. Henry Ford was forced to step down as head of the company at 82 after a bitter struggle, and Henry Ford II had trouble with several heirs apparent before he finally gave way to Caldwell in 1980. The Caldwell-to-Petersen move could be the first smooth transfer of power in Ford history...