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...testament to how bad GM's problems are that Wagoner had to write such a letter. GM is a shell of the company that a half-century ago controlled nearly half the U.S. car market and was such a powerhouse that company executives told Congress they didn't want to cut the price of a Chevy because it might drive the competition out of business. With some 324,000 employees worldwide, GM remains a giant, influencing everything from the price of plastics and steel to the market for mortgages, through its GMAC finance division (part of which may soon...
...more seats were available this year than two years ago, he said, the tickets sold out a day earlier, by 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before The Game. “It surprised a lot of people how quickly they sold out, but I think it is a testament to how good of a job we did publicizing it,” Huber said. He said that the CLC decided upon the number of shuttle buses needed this year after reviewing the number of students who rode the shuttles two years ago. But students who did not buy their tickets...
...Black: that simple phrase, applied to the look and sound of the man it described, contained the heaven-and-hell contradictions in the personality of Johnny Cash. He could be a backwoods minister, warning of the Apocalypse in an Old Testament voice, or Satan himself, smiling sourly at the world's capacity for hurting itself...
...recipe for failure in politics. But in 2003, when Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn fought for the largest tax increase in state history, he not only infuriated his core Republican supporters but also sparked a bitter legal battle and a short-lived recall campaign against him. So it is a testament to Guinn's savvy and leadership that instead of being wounded in the civil war, he actually came out stronger, eventually broadening his public support and raising his standing among good-government watchdogs. "The state will be better off for years to come," says Alan Ehrenhalt, executive editor of Governing...
...toppled the Taliban in 2001, Afzal teamed up with McNeill, who, as a hobby from his relief work, helped restore golf courses in war-ravaged Rwanda and Georgia. "I thought we should leave a few of the rusted tanks and missile launchers out there on the fairways as a testament to history," McNeill says, "but Afzal said, 'No, it's time for a new chapter.'" Afzal cleared away land mines by borrowing a flock of sheep from a nomad and setting them loose on the course. A few were blown up, but Afzal's philosophy is, Better dead sheep than...