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...fact, since GM's contract with the United Auto Workers (U.A.W.) expires in September 2007. Until then, Wagoner seems to be gambling that the company can stay afloat via a series of tune-ups, ranging from having workers bear more health-care costs (annual savings: $3 billion) to eliminating weak models and launching redesigned SUVs and pickups next year--and praying that high gasoline prices don't bog down the plan. Plenty of skeptics believe Wagoner's plan is too limited. "If you have an earthquake and a building falls on someone's leg and he's stuck, you amputate...
...solve problems and get closure. I tell family members that it's O.K. to have different convictions about whether that person will return as they were. I urge them to be patient with each other and, even in dire circumstances, not to judge the hopeful person as weak or deluded. It's human to nurture hope in the face of uncertainty...
...case is run by the Republican Party, the immigration issue also holds some peril for Bush. If his big effort on immigration ends in a stalemate--which is quite possible, since House Republicans lean more conservative on this issue and Senate Republicans, more liberal--Bush would yet again look weak. So far, he has not been able to bridge his party's business leaders, who need a steady supply of workers willing to do hard labor, and its cultural conservatives, who fear that something essential about the American character is vanishing under the crosscurrents of multilingualism and demographic change...
...Besides being a useful primer on business, the book also sheds light on bigger questions about China. For example, can its corruption be controlled? "At its core," McGregor writes, "Chinese society is all about self-interest. It is very strong on competition but very weak on cooperation." Likewise, he characterizes Chinese corporations as hopelessly static entities stocked with fawning employees and dictatorial bosses. Such findings may be discouraging, but they might just save you some costly heartache...
...need to know about those who not only sacrifice their money and time but also put their lives at risk to ensure a better life for the powerless and the less privileged. There is no greater calling than to serve humankind, no greater contribution than to help the weak. So let us be our brothers' keepers. Olabinjo Hakeem Lagos Ordinary people can create a sea change for the world's desperately poor and sick simply by contributing to reputable aid organizations. As the gift-giving season approaches, Time's report challenges us to make a tradition of contributing life-sustaining...