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...both the Sept. 11 terrorists and New York’s first responders acted manfully on that day. The hijackers exhibited manliness by forfeiting their lives in defense of their belief system. But New York’s firemen, paramedics, and police officers acted no less manfully as they undertook perilous, and often fatal, rescue missions in defense of the people of New York...
...Beirut, he studied in Paris and graduated from the lite Ecole Polytechnique. In 1978 he went to work for tiremaker Michelin, eventually heading the group's South American operations, based in Brazil, before taking over the North American operations. Recruited to the money-losing Renault in 1996, Ghosn undertook a three-year cost-cutting campaign, ultimately saving the company more than $5.2 billion--and allowing it to take its controlling stake of Nissan...
...understood that it would be virtually impossible to rely solely on Western-owned companies for critical services. It simply couldn?t operate without local firms providing logistics support at the 200 ports its ships visit around the world. After the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, the Navy undertook a wide-scale review of contracting procedures, including those involving ship husbanding. As a result of that review, the Navy took several steps to increase the security of ships in foreign ports, but maintained its system of contracting. ?We've been doing business in the Persian Gulf for 60 years...
...Beirut, he studied in Paris and graduated from the élite Ecole Polytechnique. In 1978 he went to work for tiremaker Michelin, eventually heading the group's South American operations, based in Brazil, before taking over the North American operations. Recruited to the lossmaking Renault in 1996, Ghosn undertook a three-year cost-cutting campaign, ultimately saving the company over j3 billion - and allowing it to take its controlling stake of Nissan in 1999. As he remolded the company, Ghosn became a business hero and media superstar in Japan. Now spending "about 10 days a month in Japan" - where...
...undertook a strategic plan that is making changes through the removal of intolerant material from textbooks,” Al-Faisal said...