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...cutting their taxes. The President, who in October scared the wits out of many executives by thundering that Big Oil wanted to "rip off' the people, sprinkled his State of the Union message and economic report with flattering references to private business as the great provider of income and jobs. Blumenthal expounds on the point: "Business investment, which has been too low, is the key not only to keeping the economy going, but also the key to fighting inflation." His reasoning: if companies do not build, expand and modernize factories, production bottlenecks and shortages will develop as the economy expands...
...particular Augean stable that 9to5 organizers have taken on, the muck lies deep. Change is slow in coming. The winner of 9to5's "Pettiest Office Procedures Contest" last fall was a man who had his secretary sew up a rip in the seat of his pants while he was in them. ("Men's egos are bigger today," he later explained to The Boston Globe. "Men want that little bit of security that a good secretary provides.") Second prize went to a store manager who asked his clerks to dress up as bumble bees to attract customers into his store...
...think there's a parallel in my career and Clint's. We both have a particular audience that is loyal to us no matter what the critics say. With Clint, they want him to rip the bad guy's face off. With me, they want me to say those Don Rickles lines to people in authority?the bank clerk who won't cash your check, the traffic cop. And it even goes further, all the way up the lines of authority-even up to the President...
...looked to be a replay of the aggressive game in Providence less than a month ago between the two clubs went completely haywire in Harvard's favor late in the second period. With 1:05 remaining in the stanza and the Crimson on top 3-2, Harvard proceeded to rip off three goals in 47 seconds...
...evidence of his gratitude: a gold watch. Declares Payton: "Maybe it's all right to brag if you're Billie Jean King or Muhammad Ali. But I'm in a team sport. It takes ten more guys, and I don't see why I should rip all the glory." Payton first attracted attention at Mississippi's all-black Jackson State, which became a magnet for pro scouts as he set an N.C.A.A. scoring record with 66 touchdowns. Looking for a centerpiece for their rebuilding effort, the Bears picked him in the first round...