Word: quotas
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...company official, who gave him the rundown on the firm's work before Kushner made his speech. Kushner likes to tailor his talk to the trade of his listeners. "For example," he says, "in a marketing meeting you might say that trying to meet a sales quota during a recession is like writing a speech for Marcel Marceau...
...Ukraine, an investigation into the breakdown of tractors led to the discovery that quality-control experts at a tractor-parts plant were routinely approving defective goods in order to meet (or surpass) production quotas. They thereby became eligible for bonuses, scrolls of honor and other incentives. Most startling of all, one of the suppliers had an officially sanctioned quota for defective merchandise: 5% of production...
...Justice Department's attack on quota agreements stems from last June's Supreme Court ruling, in Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 vs. Stotts, that the 1964 Civil Rights Act was intended to rectify past discrimination only against particular individuals, not entire classes. Justice had argued for that interpretation; it will now use the decision to ask courts to modify orders and consent decrees if cities, counties and states refuse to delete quota provisions...
When it comes to world trade, temporary can mean a long time. Four years ago, Japanese automakers "voluntarily" agreed to limit exports to the U.S. for two years. The Japanese government assigned each of eight companies a strict quota on the number of vehicles it could ship to the U.S. The total exported each year was 1.8 million cars. The restrictions, of course, were not really voluntary, since the Japanese firms acted only to stop the U.S. Congress from imposing even tougher controls. The restraints were twice extended for a year, but last week President Reagan announced that they were...
Thomas A. Dingman '67 associate dean for the House System, said that typically, one or two freshmen each year want to live in the Walker St residences, a number far short of this year's quota...