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...best year ever for the company. The company earned a record $1.9 billion in the fourth quarter alone. "This an organizational success, but not a sales success," reports TIME's William McWhirter. "GM cut sales and manufacturing costs and pruned its operation to the point where chairman Jack Smith even lost his private dining room. But the company's sales are down in the car division, and only their truck division continues to do well." Expect just the opposite when Ford's earnings are released Wednesday, McWhirter says. "Their truck division is setting new sales records, but their earnings should...
...demolished the Green Bay Packers 38-27 in the N.F.C. championship game, owner Jerry Jones walked into the room to the acclaim he so richly deserved, or paid for, depending on your point of view. "You did it, Big Daddy!" said a cowboy-booted courtier. Actually, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and the other boys did it, but with the team about to win a third Super Bowl in four years, it's hard not to credit Jones, especially with that huge Nike symbol hanging from the cables above the field...
That is a shame because they really are beautiful to watch: Aikman, who may be an even better big-game quarterback than Joe Montana; Smith, whose 150 yds. (on a Herculean 35 carries) against the Packers gave him a record-tying sixth postseason game with 100 yds. or more rushing; Irvin, who laughed at Green Bay's single coverage with seven receptions for 100 yds. and two touchdowns. And say what you will about Sanders, he's a blast when he gets his hands on the ball via interception, reception, reverse, return, whatever...
...wouldn't be surprised if there was an injury because [the facility now] is too busy for comfort," says junior Whitney Smith, who plays goalie for the Harvard women's hockey team and mid-fielder for the field hockey team. "I certainly think [the destruction of Carey Cage] is going to have an impact on the way people approach off-season training because it's such a hassle...
Throwing up or not throwing up withstanding, the "no pain, no gain" slogan is the hallmark of any serious athlete's off-season program. As fanatical off-season workers like Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith show, intense off-season training almost always translates into increased success on the playing field...