Word: toyota
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When Clinton weighed whether or not to run for President in 1988, Berger, then a Washington trade lawyer who had represented Toyota and foreign steel producers, as well as Poland's Solidarity trade union, was one of the confidants who journeyed to Little Rock to offer advice. He served as co- director of Clinton's foreign policy team during the '92 campaign and transition period, and will soon move into a White House office as Deputy ! National Security Adviser -- not bad for a man with only three years of experience in the art of conducting foreign policy...
...years ago, Yasuharu Kondo was overwhelmed with customers at his Toyota showroom in Tokyo. Sales were booming, and most shoppers looking for top-of- the-line models, the best their yen could buy. Those days are gone; today Kondo surveys a showroom full of sparkling new cars -- and not a customer in sight. "In my 30 years as a salesman," he says, "I have never seen it as bad as this...
...Eagle Vision ($16,000 to $22,000). The cars feature an innovative "cab- forward" design to allow more passenger room and window area. Highly praised by auto experts, the new cars are expected to be worthy rivals to such popular models as the Ford Taurus, Honda Accord and Toyota Camry. All told, "Chrysler is the hottest company in the car business," declares David E. Davis Jr., editor of Automobile magazine...
...continue to de-emphasize the Oldsmobile nameplate, the company has no plans to shut down the division entirely, contrary to rumors that it might do so. In its new guise, Olds plans to concentrate on midsize cars to compete with the likes of the Ford Taurus and Toyota Camry, giving up most of the big- car market to Buick and Cadillac...
...response to all this attention has been largely positive. "It's about time," says Pat Tobin, an L.A.-based adwoman whose clients include Toyota and AT&T. "African Americans helped build this country, and we've been shut out too long." Nevertheless, some blacks are put off by the idea of being treated as a monolithic entity instead of as individuals with tastes as diverse as anyone else's. Indeed, companies that actively pursue the black market run the risk of being criticized for stereotyping black consumers or exploiting them. "There's a fine line between trying to appeal...