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Ingraham is also under investigation by the FBI and Boston police for a recent spate of bank robberies, police said...
Judging from tough-guy rhetoric alone, it might appear that America is spoiling for a fight and, with the Soviet Union on the dustheap of history, Japan is the only serious adversary around. But the spate of Japan baiting mostly follows Teddy Roosevelt's maxim in reverse: loud talk and little stick. No presidential contender is reckless enough to portray Japan as the Evil Economy. America's congenital optimism may be cowering in the corner, but the candidates -- and most voters -- recognize that the roots of the nation's problems lie within the 50 states. Still, in the sound-bite...
Every week seems to bring a new spate of plans for reducing defense spending. While the Bush Administration would reportedly whack $50 billion out of a $1.89 trillion five-year military budget, some leading Democrats want to slash as much as $150 billion. Not to be outdone, the Pentagon has been tinkering with a cost-saving plan to finance the research and development of new weapons without actually buying them -- an idea that horrifies the defense industry...
...since 1982 has Northern Ireland been so besieged by terrorism. The I.R.A. opened its latest campaign with a spate of bombings in November that severely damaged parts of the center of Belfast. Since then, more buildings have been bombed, and there has been an upsurge in murders by the I.R.A., as well as by Ulster loyalist extremists. The bombings have spread to London, Manchester and other British cities...
Into this breach comes a new breed of management experts and executives. In a spate of books with such titles as Love and Profit and A Great Place to Work, these experts are pulling in the horns and preaching a gospel of full worker participation in running companies. Such thinking has already won converts at the likes of Ford, Goodyear and General Electric. The books stress cooperation over conflict. "To compete in the marketplace, workers and management must collaborate," declares Charles Garfield, who describes his view in Second to None. "It is in these collaborations that human ingenuity and creativity...