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...Bruce Goodrich's set is suitably angular and spartan--a wooden wall lined with a grim row of sepia photographs forms the background. And a lectern, table and three chairs (all at severe right angles to each other) serve as the only furniture. The set's rigidity contrasts well with the informality of Atkins' movements and gestures, just as the bright green table cloth sets off her purple suit...
...though, employees and retirees of some of America's largest corporations fear that the pensions they were counting on may not be there when they need them. If Executive Life's failure is not frightening enough for Americans, some 50 large companies, including LTV, Chrysler, Bethlehem Steel and Uniroyal Goodrich, have seriously underfunded their pension plans and jeopardized the security of their own retirees...
...policies that the court has now found to be in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination. Johnson Controls, a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of automobile batteries, is just one of more than a dozen major companies -- among them, Gulf Oil, B.F. Goodrich, General Motors and Du Pont -- that now must reconsider fetal-protection guidelines...
...calling the policy "blatant" discrimination and adding, "A woman is not required to be a Victorian broodmare." If the Supreme Court rules for Johnson Controls, then by some estimates up to 20 million jobs, many of them well paid, could eventually be closed to women. Gulf Oil, B.F. Goodrich, Du Pont and Eastman Kodak are just some of the companies that have instituted fetal-protection policies since a federal court upheld such measures in 1984. Johnson Controls estimates that more than half its production jobs are barred to fertile women...
...Uniroyal Goodrich, which was formed by the merger of Uniroyal and B.F. Goodrich in 1986, sees the deal as vital to its long-term survival. In a business in which size has become synonymous with strength, Uniroyal Goodrich is looking to Michelin for financial might and technical know-how. If the merger is completed, the new company (combined 1988 sales: $10.9 billion) may well surpass Goodyear ($10.8 billion) as the world's largest tiremaker...