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...economic entity, greater Los Angeles is world class: if the area seceded, it would have a G.N.P. larger than that of Mexico or Australia. The movie and TV business is only the hot tip of L.A.'s biggest job sector, its service industries, which together employ 882,000 people. There is a muscular side as well, with 869,000 workers in manufacturing, about a third in aerospace and other clean, high-tech industries. But parts of the city could pass for Buffalo. On the waterfront in Long Beach sit stacks of blue and orange cargo containers. In Lynwood, railroad tracks...
...business associate, after having invited you to lunch, fails to appear. The first rule: go to the table, but do not eat or drink anything while waiting. "It looks sloppy," she says. After 20 minutes of staring at the bread sticks and playing with the matches, the executive should tip the waiter $5 or $10 and leave. Later the executive can mention the expenditure to the errant host's secretary...
...body, many Black campus leaders bemoan, what they perceive as an apathetic community. Cooke criticizes the University for this: "The University has made a concerted effort to integrate Black students and lessen the perception of us as a unit." She sarcastically adds, "I think it's been successful--I tip my hat to them...
...honest, not Chie, belief that there is deep injustice in the world and a great need for social change on many levels, that government has a necessary role to play, he says. "My previous assumptions did not admit that need." His sympathies still lie with Reagan rather than Tip O'Neill, with individualism rather than collectivism. "On most issues that are raised by undergraduate political leaders. I have remained skeptical," he says "But on some, such as divestiture. I have begun to realize that there is a real moral question involved that I think is perfectly legitimate for people...
...remarkable permanency"). The hearty Fielding style was sometimes irritating, but his advice about potential surprises helped nervous travelers feel at home abroad. He was lavish with both praise and blame, lauding Greek tavernas and Dutch honesty and censuring rip-off artists like Venetian gondoliers, whom he called "surly, devious, tip-hungry ruffians...