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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once you let the Wisians in, the neighborhood goes to pot. That might be one conclusion of a study of polling data on ethnic attitudes sponsored by the American Jewish Committee. About 1,500 Americans were asked to rank the social standing of 58 groups, from Italians to Chinese. "Wisians" were added as a fictitious entry to help gauge the responses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethnicity: Watch Out For Wisians | 1/20/1992 | See Source »

...Christmastime speech from the chairman of General Motors traditionally sounds like an address from a head of state. Small wonder: the company is so large (1990 revenues: nearly $127 billion) that if it were an independent nation, its economy would rank among the world's Top 20. By closed-circuit TV from GM headquarters in Detroit, this year's 45-minute broadcast reached 395,000 employees who stopped work and put down their tools in 130 factories across the U.S. But the message from chairman Robert Stempel was like no other in the 83-year history of the giant corporation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Automaking Major Overhaul | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

...vote to beat two insiders, including R.V. Durham, the front runner, who had been handpicked by the union's bosses and backed by a campaign war chest of $2 million. Although only a quarter of the Teamsters' 1.6 million members participated in the vote, the first in which the rank and file was allowed to vote directly for the president, many observupset victory as a solid mandate to clean house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor Unions The Good Guy Finally Won | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...Carey victory may signal a new round of union militancy. During his campaign, the former delivery driver for United Parcel Service tapped growing rank-and-file resentment by railing against union concessions to employers. The union, which has seen the real wages of its members decline during the 1980s, has been alone among big unions in endorsing Republican Presidents. Carey says that policy will change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor Unions The Good Guy Finally Won | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...from finished. Orchestrating an intricate withdrawal, he then prepared for a counterattack. Hitler sent him an entire air corps, detached from the Russian front. The two divisions of the Afrika Korps were resupplied and refreshed, and in June 1942 Rommel captured Tobruk -- earning from the Fuhrer the rank of field marshal. Egypt, Suez and the oil of the Middle East now seemed within his grasp. Hitler, warned by more cautious advisers to be wary about proceeding toward Cairo, nonetheless ordered that operations "be continued until the British forces are completely annihilated . . . The goddess of fortune passes only once close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War in Europe | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

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