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...someone whose father has worked in a Ford plant for more than 25 years, I am truly disappointed by Ford's slash-and-burn plans to lay off as many as 30,000 employees. It's always the blue- collar workers who are first deemed expendable. But what Ford really needs to take a look at is its designs. My family has owned nothing but Ford and Lincoln vehicles since my father began working at Ford, but now even loyal consumers are looking elsewhere. MEGAN NORRIS Chicago...
...other hand, according to science, male facial hair runs in over 10,000 different directions. Women, can you imagine the pinpoint accuracy with which we must slash our bristly trunks of masculinity...
...company's fortunes have fallen, Ford has wrestled with everyone from Wall Street analysts to his own board members, who have pushed him to move faster to slash costs and employees. "They said, 'Just cut it away,'" he says. "But I said, 'I don't want to do that. I mean, I've got to live with these people. And you can cut and cut away a company, but at the end, what are you left with?' I want to find a different...
Congress may slash $12.7 billion from student loan funding as part of a budget cut facing a final vote in the House on Feb. 1, sparking protests from advocacy groups who say that college students and their parents should not have to bear the brunt of budget reform...
...shooting guards are a dangerous lot. The Big Green’s highest scorers are Leon Pattman (11.3 ppg) and Mike Lang (10.3), both of whom play the two guard.Pattman, who missed virtually all of last season after earning league Rookie of the Year honors in 2004, likes to slash to the hoop for buckets, while Lang is more of an outside shooter. In Dartmouth’s win over Army on Wednesday, Lang nailed 5-of-7 from downtown and scored 17 points, and he scored 24 against Harvard in a 76-74 loss in Cambridge last year...