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...Motor. Chrysler bounced back under Dieter Zetsche, who emphasized distinctive design and management discipline. Now he's a TV star. And Nissan was nearly bankrupt when Renault's Carlos Ghosn flew in and orchestrated a stunning turnaround (he declined overtures from outgoing CEO Bill Ford to try the same trick in Dearborn). Central to both revivals, however, is something Ford has too often forgotten: it's all about the car, stupid. "No automotive turnaround has been successful without a steady flow of strong products," notes General Motors chief Rick Wagoner, who is also attempting a product revival, with mixed results...
...idea was to dare Democrats to oppose those counterterrorism measures, they were on to the trick. In a private memo to Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Jan. 31, his staff laid out the danger in mounting too aggressive a criticism of the freshly disclosed National Security Agency's espionage program: "National security issues are the only issues propping up President Bush. Democrats in general cannot permit themselves to be characterized as being weak on terrorism. We must make it clear that Democrats believe the terrorist threat must be dealt with forcefully and effectively." With that in mind, Democrats were...
...trust the government more than the media these days. What might keep journalists from getting too full of themselves? Perhaps the sight of a few leakers, reporters and editors defending themselves against formal charges of treason would do the trick. Gary L. Parry Carrollton, Texas...
...music buyers who want to access songs stored on their PCs, and stream them around the home. Sure, there are plenty of iPod docks and iPod solutions for this, but Logitech's DJ takes the iPod out of the equation, and adds flexibility in the process. It's a trick of simplicity that even Steve Jobs would be proud...
...trick is to find that narrow space between vigilance and paranoia. After the Bojinka plot was uncovered in 1995, aviation officials banned carry-on aerosols and most liquids and gels heavier than an ounce on U.S. planes leaving Manila. Eventually, the ban faded away. And people kept flying...