Word: mcwhirter
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...last few hours before the poll closings, the after-work turnout in Montreal itself turned the city into a kind of campaigning pandemonium, with long waits at the polls that are extraordinary and unprecedented in a country that has been used to 85 percent turnouts in precinct elections," McWhirter reports. "At Eddie O'Sullivan College in downtown Montreal, police cars diverted a full block of honking traffic so that voters could stand in freezing sleet waiting to take a number and go inside. They're being cheered on by passers-by just to give them a little solidarity in these...
...Everybody I saw today clearly felt they were voting with their lives and they were generally scared about the outcome," McWhirter adds. "Whatever the outcome, you can be sure that pro-federalists in the province of Quebec and in Montreal cast their votes to the very last man. But the results in Montreal may not reflect the sentiments of the rest of Quebec. This is a very highly educated internationalist enclave, even as it doubles as the capital. It will be interesting if you have a brand new country called Quebec that does not have the support of its business...
...National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) warned Friday that air bags can be lethal to children who aren't wearing seat belts. "This is not a false alarm," reports TIME's William McWhirter. "These airbags pack quite a wallop. Small children who aren't strapped in are very vulnerable to trauma from the impact of both the crash and the airbag. Common sense should tell parents to keep children out of the front seat, anyway." The NHTSA is investigating the car accident deaths of six children - ages four to nine - to see if their injuries were caused by inflating...
TIME's William McWhirter says that a reported deal between General Motors Corp. and the Chinese government to build a GM plant in China has vast potential for huge auto sales in the largely untapped Chinese market. But, he adds, it also brings to light tremendous risks as the auto giant prepares to go into business with the unpredictable Chinese. "Remember, the Chinese still write their own trade laws," says McWhirter. "It is more than just putting up a car plant. This partnership will require GM to share a great deal of technological expertise. A real concern is that...
...member board of directors were re-elected with 80 percent support, despite dissident shareholders' charges that the board is too cozy with management to review allegations that ADM and several competitors fixed prices on major commodities. "It was clearly Andreas' show," reports TIME's William McWhirter. "He looked tan and fit and superconfident, so much so that at the very end, he plucked a red rose from a vase on the stage and popped it into his lapel." An accidental flourish: the meeting was held in an old gymnasium in an abandoned school next to ADM's main processing plant...