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1928 WALTER P. CHRYSLER The son of a Kansas locomotive engineer, Chrysler learned about cars by taking them apart and reassembling them. He showed the same ability with companies. By the end of 1928 his innovative Chrysler Motors was turning out not only its namesake models but also Plymouths, Dodges...
Today, however, companies that excel in connecting the data dots are finding a lifeline in a customer whose IT ineptitude is matched only by its means: the U.S. government, which will spend $53 billion on information technology this year. The Federal Government's inability to share and analyze information became...
Inspired, King took a leave from his job and signed up for intensive pilot training at a school in Pompano Beach, Fla. Training and studying all day for 20 days straight, King, 30, learned to operate a single-engine Cessna 172 under visual flight rules. "I was scared at the...
Still, Chinese artists have learned to speak loudly in whispers. One of the Triennial's best exhibits couches its criticism in the gentlest terms. Chen Shaofeng journeyed to a rural village in Hubei province and videotaped himself painting portraits of the villagers, who in turn drew pictures of Chen. The...
When I moved to Hong Kong a year and a half ago, I feared a return to a drinking life overflowing with pallid, tasteless beers?and this time, no toga parties. So I was happy to discover the East End Brewery, (852) 2811 1907, where discriminating beer connoisseurs can sample...