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...defying gravity by promising ambitious results without the pain of slashing labor costs. Indeed, Ghosn is pledging to increase annual car sales by 800,000 units by 2009, double operating profit margins and improve product and brand quality. "The lesson of the Nissan revival plan was, What's vital is the result, not the precise means of attaining it," says Ghosn, 52. "We've analyzed the opportunities and potentials at Renault and made clear commitments on the results we'll deliver." The end result, he predicts, will be the "most profitable European volume car company...
...organizing events to show support for the Iranian people—some of which just might gain enough media attention to reach them via Internet (Farsi is one of the most-blogged languages)—we can give them hope in their time of need and provide vital moral support for their cause.For these reasons, a coalition of students has united to sponsor the Iran Freedom Concert this weekend. Many campus organizations, including an unusual alliance between the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club, have come together with a leading Iranian student activist, Akbar Atri...
...boozing spell it “St. Patty’s Day.”In Ireland St. Paddy’s Day is a nationwide holiday, a huge tourist draw, and a giant display of national pride. To us, the descendants of Irish immigrants, the holiday is a vital affirmation of our culture and our place in America.Hungry and trapped in distressing poverty, our ancestors fled their homes for a strange new land. Persecuted for their religion, considered by nativists to be something less than human, the first Irish to arrive in large numbers on American shores showed their...
Romney’s move is the latest episode of the Catholic Charities saga currently unfolding in Boston. Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, Catholic Charities has been providing vital adoption services for abandoned and endangered children with special needs. Recently, Massachusetts bishops have been confronted with the difficult decision of whether or not to prohibit same-sex couples from adopting, in accordance with Pope John Paul II’s decree that the adoption of children by homosexual couples is a “gravely immoral form of violence that places children in an environment...
Romney argues that this law is a “threat to religious freedom.” Apparently, denying gays and lesbians children is such a vital tenet of the Catholic faith that forbidding them to do so is tantamount to restricting their religious liberty. As a protestant, it is not my place to judge what is or should be most important to catholics, so I will not dispute this assertion...