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...employees said specimens containing blood-borne pathogens--a category which includes HIV, the virus which causes AIDS--were transported in brown paper bags. Two of the employees said an unsealed plastic bag was used inside the paper bag, but said the plastic did nothing to prevent leaks. Gravitt said such packaging, which is less expensive, falls short of OSHA standards...
...that tube breaks and shatters, that's going right through the plastic bag," one worker said...
...walk from a car to a clinic door. Her advice was peppy pop psychology: Be well groomed. Don't shout or intimidate. Recite the alternatives to abortion, and be prepared to deliver on any of them, including cash, immediately. If the subject seems to be wavering, use a plastic model of a fetus at 10 to 12 weeks to sell her on life...
...quick study. By the time he arrived in New Orleans, he seemed to be enjoying himself. He shot baskets for morning TV shows, he effortlessly dropped Gillette's name during radio interviews, he posed with tourists for photos. Vickie, meanwhile, carried his cherished Rawlings basketball around in a plastic Wal-Mart bag. Everywhere he went, fans recognized...
...pricing tables. Not Magaziner. He hit the shop floor and began taking apart TV sets with his bare hands, assessing the cost of the components, piece by piece. His conclusion: GE's profit margins could be found not in producing the set's electronic components but in building its plastic-and-wood casing and picture tube, a process that could be done most cheaply in the U.S. GE quickly shifted its TV-assembly plant from Japan to Indiana, a move that put the division in the black within two years. "Ira's not some hyperintellectual consultant who throws an incomprehensible...