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...speech clearly excited the conventiongoers, who had been longing for something to cheer about, but the mood of elation quickly faded. Said Richard Gaskill, a delegate from an International Harvester plant in Fort Wayne, Ind.: "It's pretty hard for me to be optimistic these days because they are closing my plant. I think the general feeling is that our people have taken it on the chin long enough...
...compete with each other to some extent," Johnson explains. But it doesn't matter who has jumped farther. We both encourage each other and cheer each other...
...Give me a W!" shouts Sam Walton, 65, the chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, to employees at staff meetings. "Give me an A!" And so forth, down to the last T. Then he gives a final ringing cheer: "WalMart, we're No. 1!" Walton has plenty of reasons to shout. In April, sales at his 570 outlets were up 32% from the previous year. By comparison, Sears' revenues increased just 7.7%, K mart's by 5.5%, and J.C. Penney's were down...
Writers have similar problems of finding the right style. Berger, once again, has found the solution. His work may not win any prizes for the celebration of the indomitable human spirit, but The Feud is an affectionate cheer for all the peeves, itches and dreams that make most people tick...
...Prins, 40, was his choice. Born in Holland, Prins came to the U.S. in 1970 and worked in marketing for a variety of companies from TWA to Procter & Gamble. Prins knew nothing about buses, but figured that he "could market bus travel just like a box of Tide or Cheer...