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Declaring the resumption of business-as-usual, Assistant Secretary Everett Pyatt said that naval investigators had found "no pattern of corruption" with regard to General Dynamics' billing practices. If anything, Pyatt asserted, the Defense Department's "imprecise and ludicrous" guidelines were partly to blame. Said he of the St. Louis-based company: "They were simply doing what our procedures would allow them...
...Pope's moral stature and commanding presence give him an influence in Africa greater than other European or American visitors. Said Kwanteng Pius Javran, a 22-year-old student in western Cameroon: "We do not regard the Pope as a white man. He is an ordinary person sent to us black men." John Paul used his position to appeal for human rights and religious liberty. Though he had planned to downplay political issues on the trip, as violence spread in South Africa he repeated earlier denunciations of apartheid. In a speech to diplomats in Cameroon, the Pope then broadened...
...many who had trained for other careers switched. Says Wine: "It used to be that parents proudly said, 'my son the doctor' or 'my son the lawyer.' Now my father says, 'my son the chef,' and I'm a lawyer!" Indeed, many of the most dedicated chefs seem to regard their occupation with almost a missionary zeal, feeling perhaps that by cooking "honestly" from scratch and only with natural ingredients they are doing something altruistic. And in an era of mass production, the notion of handmade food fulfills the desire for craftsmanship that weaving and pottery making used...
...adding too many new items. "A lot of restaurants make the mistake of adding haphazardly until no one knows what they are," says Pizza Hut Spokesman Mike Jenkins. "We try not to forget that we are a pizza restaurant." Maintaining an identity is important, especially since most analysts regard the field as overcrowded and predict a shakeout in the next few years...
Hyundai has rapidly built up regard for its products through an almost fanatical attention to getting it right. Consumer Reports magazine recently named the Sonata the most reliable car in the U.S. And Hyundai placed a solid third among nonluxury brands in J.D. Power & Associates' 2005 survey of initial-car quality, beating out Honda. Six years ago, Hyundai ranked among the worst in terms of initial defects. The comeback is "astounding," says Chance Parker, executive director at J.D. Power in Westlake Village, Calif...