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...cooperative spirit at this company--maker of the Gore-Tex waterproof fabric found in all sorts of outdoor clothing--arises from a unique structure with no fixed hierarchy, few titles and no formal job descriptions. Any "associate" (the company doesn't use the word employee) can speak directly to any other without going through a chain of command. And together the 6,000 associates own the company. Sound like pie in the sky? The system has worked superbly for 44 years. Despite the recession last year, sales at Gore, based in Newark, Del., reached $1.4 billion, up from $1.3 billion...
...ARRESTED. DOMINGO CAVALLO, 55, former Economy Minister of Argentina and prominent South American financier, during an investigation into alleged violations of a U.N. arms embargo; in Buenos Aires. Pending the decision of a federal justice, Cavallo faces formal charges for involvement in an early '90s conspiracy to smuggle $100 million worth of arms to Croatia and Ecuador. DIED. LEVI CELERIO, 91, prolific Philippine lyricist and composer who in 1997 was commended by President Fidel Ramos as a national artist of music and literature; in Quezon City. DIED. TONINO CERVI, 72, Italian film producer, screenwriter and director who aided the careers...
Chopra said Summers’ approval of the committee is particularly significant because Harvard has been more reluctant than many other colleges to give students a formal voice in searches for high-ranking officials...
...drugs were legalized, formal government regulation would eliminate the chance that heroin or cocaine are laced with more dangerous chemicals, he added...
Also, there is no formal way of ordaining or appointing evangelists. Aspiring leaders act as full-time “interns” for months or years until they are deemed ready to become leaders. None of the BCC leaders holds a master’s degree in divinity or a Ph.D. in a theological field...