Word: plant
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...There is no doubt that Obama's popularity here helps the U.S. Many Kenyans dream about America as a place of opportunity and wealth. But in the past few years it has also gained a reputation as a bully. George Okoth, 36, a manager in a newspaper printing plant in Nairobi, says Obama has reminded Kenyans of all the good the U.S. does. "Who hates America is not our concern," says Okoth, who journeyed to Kisumu to see Obama take his AIDS test. "We need to know what good has America done for us and what...
...once they got older. Many families rationalized that if their children were in Mexico and were sixteen, they would already have been done with school and out there working. Some took jobs in home construction, fast-food restaurants, garages, whatever could be found. Some even worked at the chicken plant on second shift at night, using false IDs because they were under eighteen...
...guys down at the bar are all for him, and though his father warns him against getting his hopes u - a man can only endure so much failure, he tells him - he soon enough sees what his son's success could mean to the guys down at the plant (who are, of course, on strike...
Then there was the scene in Buffalo, N.Y., in May when she formally accepted her party's nomination for re-election at the state Democratic convention. Hillary's handlers had the good sense to plant Bill in the audience and not onstage until after she had finished the speech in which she hailed him as "an inspiration and a mentor and a friend and a partner." But for at least 15 minutes after she and every other politician had left, he lingered at the microphones, answering reporters' questions, oblivious to aides trying to scoot...
...birthday. Reithofer obviously has a tough act to follow, since the company expects to top its 2004 record net profit of $2.7 billion. Reithofer has been the keeper of BMW's flexible production system, considered a model for the car industry. The former head of BMW's South Carolina plant, he is more than familiar with the U.S. market, and he has plans to increase share there. The challenge for BMW will be not only to make cars that are fun to drive but also to increase fuel efficiency, one of the automaker's few weak spots...