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Tokyo seemed hurt and disgusted by the recall affair. Bridgestone bought Firestone in 1988, a decade after the American firm nearly sank in the aftermath of another recall--a record 14.5 million tires in 1978. "We spent the past 10 years trying to rebuild the image of Firestone," says Kenichi Kitawaki, Bridgestone's p.r. manager. "Then this happened...
When Woods phoned his coach, Butch Harmon, after the 1997 Masters and told him he wanted to rebuild his swing, Harmon was confident his star pupil could pull it off. But he cautioned that results wouldn't come overnight--that Woods would have to pump more iron to get stronger, especially in his forearms; that it would take months to groove the new swing; that his tournament performance would get worse before it got better. Both men were aware of how such an apparent slump would be depicted by some golf commentators and fellow pros jealous of Woods' early success...
Hearst was a lousy father to his five sons, as his father had been to him. He took care of his wife financially even though he lived out his life with actress Marion Davies. It wasn't until he was dead that managers were able to rebuild the wrecked corporation he tried to leave under the control of Davies...
...Second World War brought with it one of the greatest successes in world economic history: the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe. Led by Congress and fired by Harry Truman's conviction that a prosperous Europe would be a stable Europe, the plan pumped billions into the devastated Continent and produced a rapid snap-back. The lesson for the rest of the world seemed obvious: with enough money and vision, it was possible to build vibrant economies even on the ruins of a bombed-out Continent...
CREVE COEUR, MO. Two entrepreneurs want to transform the way people experience cemeteries CAIRO, ILL. A town once seared by racial conflict tries to rebuild itself...