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...recent years the ancient Hindu system of dowries and arranged marriages has taken on a gruesome commercial aspect. By custom, a bride's family is obliged to give cash and gifts to the groom in accord with his social standing. A lowly clerk, for instance, might command $5,000, but a physician or engineer $50,000. Fearful of the disgrace attached to unmarried women, a bride's family will often go beyond its means to secure a good home for a daughter. Such tribute can come in the form of television sets, refrigerators, VCRs or automobiles, and payments may stretch...
Corporate climbers need brains to get to the top of the ladder, but muscles may help too. A new workout machine called the Executive Power Chair is designed to help executives pump up without leaving their command posts. The power chair enables desk jockeys to do more than 20 different upper-body exercises. Built to look like classic office furniture, the power chair has foldaway exercise handles and "cashmere-like" fabric. The price: $1,199 for the deluxe model and $499 for one more suitable for junior executives. The power chair is made by NordicTrack, which is best known...
Citing years of command experience in both the military and business, America's first Black four-star general yesterday called on corporate executives to consider more carefully the needs of their employees and to pay more attention to ethics...
...commander in chief of the American military forces in Saudi Arabia, expected to reach 250,000 by the end of the month, Schwarzkopf is constantly performing the dual roles of soldier and diplomat. Because of his imposing physique (6 ft. 3 in., 240 lbs.) and gruff manner, the C-in-C (pronounced sink) is affectionately known as "the Bear" by subordinates and as "Stormin' Norman" by rival Pentagon brass. He is aware that the U.S. presence in the conservative Islamic society of Saudi Arabia has created a potential clash of cultures that could undermine the alliance against Saddam Hussein...
...When he drove into nearby Windsor, Vt., last Tuesday, people on a street corner cheered. "That doesn't happen to documentary filmmakers," he says. Though surprised at the outpouring, Burns finds it explicable. "I have a healthy respect for the power of the Civil War as a subject to command this kind of attention and emotion. It's our great traumatic event, and now we seem to be all collectively reliving...