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...Secretary Michael Blumenthal and Energy Secretary James Schlesinger urged the President to take such action. But Vice President Walter Mondale and Presidential Counsel Stuart Eizenstat complained that this would be a blow to low-income families. At the very least, they argued, decontrol should be phased in. Nevertheless, a consensus did develop at Camp David that domestic oil must be permitted to climb closer to world market prices in an effort both to discourage U.S. consumption and inspire American companies to produce more domestic oil. "The decision," agreed one participant, "is not if we will decontrol, but when...
Unlike most Japanese businessmen who rely on consensus management, Saji constantly dares his 3,700 employees to express their individuality and come up with "breakthrough ideas."; Says he: "Out of a rigid consensus system, no good ideas can emerge."; One of Saji's ideas was to promote his company's beer and wine as well as whisky through franchised Suntory Pubs; 30,000 of them now dot Japan. He also opened a computerized distillery in 1973 near Mount Fuji. With only 75 employees, it turns out 11.8 million gallons a year, or 60% of Suntory's malt...
...chains still have room to grow, and their earnings, though slowing somewhat, will probably remain strong by any standards. But there is a growing consensus in and out of the industry that the old days of runaway expansion are over and a tough period of scrambling for new customers and healthy returns lies ahead. A basic problem has been the rising cost of food, especially meat; beef prices jumped 30% last year, and some experts say they could increase by 50% this year. The chains have thus been forced to charge more; McDonald's raised its prices last year...
...writer and I sensed a great deal more feeling and confidence with what I was doing in fiction. I gained more and more control as I went through the term, while continually receiving constructive criticism from Mrs. Thomson concerning my ideas and my writing skills. I know a consensus of the class would agree on the value of our fiction tutelage and the enhanced value a teacher as human as Mrs. Thomson can bring to the course...
...memberships. But the conflict between the freshmen and the older members never materialized. Both groups rapidly learned that they were on the same side of most of the issues. Everyone wanted more debates, more lobbying action, more money, and more activities--but neither side realized that a consensus existed until just days before the election...