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...real cause of the present strain is that the U.S. is confronting something totally new in the world: a mighty industrial economy that has been shaped by Oriental history and psychology. If Japan does not follow the gentlemanly trade rules, it is not because of simple greed but because it does not adhere to Western principles on much of anything. To outsiders the Japanese economy seems inscrutable in ways alternately amusing and shocking...
...businessman column, authored by Philip Freund, himself former business manager for RS. "Like everything else in life, business is neither a good nor an evil," Freund writes. "What makes the business trip a bummer is the same basic number that screws up almost everything that man attempts. The Uglies-greed, competition, false pride. . ." To combat the Uglies, Freund recommends self-discipline: "Don't try to get too big too fast, don't engage in competition for its own sake, dig what you're doing." Wow, man, self-discipline! Some trip...
...American power as one element in the world, and one dangerous element. But I do not see American power as uniquely dangerous-not when we have before us the spectacle of Soviet power, and rising Chinese power, and falling British power. How can one overlook the murderous greed we have seen the Kremlin display? What is one to make of the outlandish iconography Mao's Peking unashamedly tries to impose on China, and maybe all Asia...
...contrast to Watson's reaction, the Harvard coaches contacted yesterday hailed the ruling. "I think it's a good decision," tennis and squash coach Jack Barnaby said. "Looking at it strictly from the point of view of greed, it would help my tennis team drastically. We'd be able to get four years out of these kids instead of three...
...daily flights canceled, the lockout is costing the airlines a combined $1.8 million daily in operating losses. The flight crews have not found much sympathy from either public or press. Commented Le Monde: "The pilots have an excellent image. Do they have to spoil it through an excess of greed?" What most bothers French aviation men is the possibility that a prolonged suspension will eat up reserves earmarked for such new purchases as the Boeing 747 and the Franco-British Concorde...