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...this an American auto plant, or a factory from another planet? The company president walks around in a polo shirt with a pocket logo right out of Star Trek, allows workers to call him "Skip" and describes his position as "team member." He and the union boss (who goes by "Dick") have a strange, collegial relationship. As for the rank and file, they don't punch a time clock and they get to handpick the people they work alongside. During off-hours they run around an outdoor obstacle course and engage in group hugging sessions. If they develop...
...meet monthly mortgage payments of nearly $6,000 on their newly remodeled home, plus private-school tuition for the children and other expenses. But the interest rate on their first mortgage has been reduced to 6%, while Union Bank, which holds a second mortgage, will allow him to skip payments while he is on active duty...
PRESUMED INNOCENT. Skip the film. Reread the book...
...loved Sarabeth for years -- and love having breakfast in Sarabeth's Kitchen," begins the recipe for Sarabeth Levine's Goldilox, which turns out to be scrambled eggs with cream cheese and smoked salmon. Go straight to the recipes -- especially the quick and easy bouillabaisse with a peppery rouille -- and skip the biographical musings in the preface, which tell us more than we want to know about the authors' families and herb gardens...
...satisfied, enlightened, educated, even inspired when I'm done with a book. I don't want to be full of hate. What does the Globe want, anyway? Books that go on forever? They should read Michener then--they'll never see it end unless they cheat and skip to the last page...