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...this exotic experiment in the Tennessee pastureland just a bright spot in a gloomy picture, or does it herald real change for the manufacturer? GM chairman Robert Stempel, who succeeded Roger Smith last August, is likely to operate in ways far different from his predecessor. Smith, an autocratic manager with a purely financial background, made sweeping strategic moves that included launching Saturn and spending billions of dollars on high-tech robotics and such acquisitions as Electronic Data Systems and Hughes Aircraft. Stempel, by contrast, is an authentic "car guy." His most important attribute may be his reputation as a steadfast...
...Beanpot water polo tournament resembled its more famous predecessor, the Beanpot hockey tournament, in name only...
...while praising his predecessor's accomplishments, Meyer plans to change things at HMC now that he is in charge...
Although not many people at the University have tried to compare the new HMC president with his predecessor, everyone seems anxious to sing Meyer's praises...
...transport system currently delivers 13 million barrels per day to and from U.S. refineries. At peak output, the SPR can pump only about 3.5 million barrels per day, and that only for three months. Then it's gone. Without stringent conservation measures--ideological anathema to Bush and his predecessor--the SPR won't last very long. What does Bush intend to do when the U.S. has used up the SPR? Won't prices creep up again (assuming they fall in the first place...