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...delayed at the U.S.-Canada border, Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and Toyota have had to idle assembly lines and reduce production. And some florists have had trouble getting their regular supplies from South America. "The biggest economic cost of being victims of terrorism is through lost productivity," says Neal Soss, chief economist at Credit Suisse First Boston...
...Soss said residents should be able to choosethe size of their room and what floor they canlive on, as well as their roommates...
...real problem is the lack of contact between students and the proctors and administrators. They met by themselves, decided for themselves and then disclosed their decision to us," said Michael A. Soss '96. "Our input wasn't really valued or asked...
...were elated when the U.S. last March launched a weather satellite carrying a search-and-rescue, or SARSAT, system. The satellite, working in a rare cooperative venture with two Soviet SARSATS, automatically picked up distress signals from downed aircraft and foundering ships and relayed them back to earth. The SOSs gave searchers quick navigational fixes so that help could be sent promptly to the accident sites. Rescue agencies are now discovering that there can be too much of a good thing: false alarms are flooding the SARSAT system...
Many company directors must be longing for the good old days of annual meetings, when the chief distractions were usually corporate gadflies like Evelyn Y. Davis, Wilma Soss and the Gilbert brothers. Those "professional shareholders" just talked a lot, loudly, and annoyed company chairmen with demands for more "corporate democracy" through cumulative election of directors...