Word: warners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tough, but Cagney, 84, got misty-eyed in Washington last week, when he was one of 14 honored with the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. The President got a little sentimental himself, saying, "As a great star at the same studio where I started [Warner Bros.], he was never too busy to hold out a hand to a young fellow just trying to get under way." Gee, a good guy all the time...
...well-run factory is like a ballet. It should be planned with zealous attention to detail and supervised with no tolerance for mistakes. This year some 7,000 executives from such firms as IBM, Borg-Warner and PPG Industries will travel to Winter Park, Fla., to hear that message from Philip B. Crosby, 57, perhaps the leading evangelist of quality in the U.S. and author of Quality Is Free. Cost of a five-day seminar: $1,650. Crosby tells the executives that if they follow his strict rules and manufacture a product right the first time, their companies could increase...
...Warner Robins...
...Bonny Warner, 21, a U.S. luge racer, crashed in her third run and skidded agonizingly to the finish. "Until then I was in eighth place," she said proudly, ahead of the two kindly West Germans who had taught her from scratch since she first observed a luge race in 1980. Her left side was scraped raw ("my Olympic souvenir"), but none of her enthusiasm rubbed off. "The Olympics haven't just been all that I hoped, they're more. Maybe the American luge team didn't win any medals, but medals aren't what the Olympics...
...Atari's offer seemed baffling, Morgan's acceptance was even more unexpected. By all accounts, he was on a very short list for the presidency of Philip Morris. Yet Morgan, who had previously never even listened to outside offers, resigned 48 hours after having lunch with Warner Chairman Steven Ross...