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Page 4A — The Allen American — Sunday, October 10, 1993
Opinion Page
The Allen American
A Harte-Hanks Community Newspaper
Lynn Dickerson
Publisher
Wayne Epperson Debbie Tackett
Editor General Manager
Gary Smith Beth Roddy Steve Jordan
Financial Director Advertising Director Circulation Director
Tim Watterson, Managing Editor/News
Dollie Turpin, Managing Editor/Design
Mark Hutchison, News Editor
Doug Layton, Photo Editor
Chuck Smock, Sports Editor
Liaqat Ali Khan, Production Director
Don Olson, Composition Director
Leslie Mascari, Marketing Services Director
Sandie Hines, Telecenter Director
B\R‘94
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The future starts to look lean
My generation, which came of age
in the 1950s, is on a downhill econo-
mic slope and sliding fast. That may
not sound surprising to younger
Americans, who read the actuarial
tables and misread the past, but it is
a shock to us. What is even more
important is that our situation is fast sis is in the here and now, as De-
becoming the national rather than recent membership survey by the troit’s Big Three keeps shedding
the generational norm. American Management Association workers in a never-ending struggle
Everyone who reads the news- of New York. It found that almost to become more competitive with
papers or watches television knows half of its 870 member companies Japan,
the raw facts and figures. America’s had cut their workforce this year. Detroit i not alone Mate fact ,r
giant corporations are “downsizing," with the reductions averaging 10.4 ers cut 275 000 workers over the1 , ,1
^^^^ !“-^ es^sx Forget the fancy sports car; the
competition in the new global eco- were middle managers, supervisors with an attendant investment in new C "
====== -- -== family mini van will have to do
employees were the first to go. and the story is no less startling. As its rate of1 percent AYS In the good old daYs 1 could be
Then white-collar, middle- class secretary of my college class, I those productivity Cains American seen lugging the kids to preschool in
management types began to feel the hear regularly from classmates products are comnetitive in world our trusty compact car. Then one
ax. Today, it can be safely said that around the country. Three who have markets again. Against that back day, after the kids had piled in with
the only people who feel secure ab- been evicted from what had seemed ground more downsizing is inevit- all their “stuff,” there wasn’t any
out their future are the super-rich to be safe perches in upper and mid- able ’ 5 room left for me. Since my first-
and those who don’t keep up with the die management wrote within the ' grader hadn’t learned how to drive
news. past two months. Eight have done so In the face of such projections, it is yet, this presented a problem.
Rolling adjustments to changed over the past year. The following tempting to emulate the Luddities, My husband and I came to the
economic circumstances are nothing excerpts from one letter are illustra- those 19th-century Englishmen who
new in American or world history, tive (names are changed for obvious believed the solution to their job
Revolutionary changes in employ- reasons): woes was to wreck the machines
ment patterns and working condi- As a result of the restructuring of which had displaced them. That task of car shopping, wasn’t a stylish, fun sports car, but muscular stance promises a purely
tions have been wrought periodically US Widget, I left Widget on Aug. 31, wasn t and isn’t the answer, but In the following weeks we spent at least we would all have plenty of exhilarating driving experience'
since the dawn of the Industrial Re- 1993. Since the merger of Engulf answers there must be. Throwing countless hours trudging through room. The last time I had an exhilarating
volution. and Widget in April 1992, 12 of 13 people on the ash heap while they endless car lots, and dodging over We drove off the lot and im- driving experience in my mini van
But to understand history is not to Widget vice presidents are gone...” are still productive is not morally or friendly car salesmen who always mediately began to break in our new was when I made a sharp turn and
minimize its effects in the here and “Ain’t we got fun,” my classmate politically acceptable. If loyalty up no knew exactly what we needed. vehicle. It didn’t take long before the dumped a glass of iced tea in my lap.
now. As trends forecaster Gerald concluded. It’s a kind of “fun” which longer implies a reciprocal loyalty Of course we really wanted one of van acquired that “lived in feeling.” And as for my van’s metal skin, well
Celente told The Orange County has become very familiar to my gen- down in the job market, government the sleek, high performance sports As one of my co-workers put it, my it’s got a few wrinkles. .
Register, “The Industrial Age is en- eration. There are just over 21 mil- must do more to take up the slack, cars, but with our ever expanding mini van had become a genuine “kid I’ve accepted the fact that for
ding. All the systems are breaking lion Americans aged 55 to 64. Of In part, that is what a national family anything less than a bus hollow.” time being, I’m stuck driving my
down and that means disappoint- these, 13 million are working, 3 mil- health care system is all about. wouldn’t be practical. Thus we be- Aside from the fact that it had a practical yet spacious mini van. Once
ment and disillusionment for the lion are retired and about 5 million gan our search for that ’90s family lived in feeling, it was actually nice to my kids are grown with vehicles of
people who grew up in the ’50s. are in “other activities.” “My gen- Hoddino Carter III former State Depart- icon — the mini van. have the room, their own I’ll have the opportunity to
These people believed in the Ozzie eration will be the permanent vic- ment spokesman and award-winning Every car lot we dared visit was Recently a friend of mine and his purchase that fun sports car, until
and Harriet way of life. That concept tims of the restructuring of the reporter, editor and publisher, is presi- loaded with salesmen who informed new wife began shopping for a car. then I’ll be hugging the road in my
is dead.” American economy, ” a California dent of MainStreet, a Washington, D.C.- us of all the wonderful features of the Since they are DINK’s (double in- rolling kid hollow,
Just how dead was illustrated in a man told his local newspaper, based television production company. mini van. Features like a hatch back come, no kids), their sights were set Sharon Leddick is a resident of Allen;
H o d d i n g
CARTER III
Commentary
That helps explain why the United
Auto Workers Union is concentrat-
ing its current contract talks with the
big automakers on preserving the
jobs and salaries of its current mem-
bers rather than on preserving jobs
for the next generation. Labor’s cri-
A DRUG TEST FOR PARENTS.
Wild mood swings,
dramatic change in
or a
Poor concentration
and memory may be
signs of marijuana.
COC
ne or
crack use.
behavior, is often a sign
of a drug problem.---
Bloodshot eyes may be
Enlarged pupils may be
caused by cocaine or crack.
aused by
marijuana.
Serious
lack of sleep.
or an unusual sleep
A frequently runny or stuffy
nose, or regular nosebleeds,
may Indicate use of cocaine.
pattern.
may result
from cocaine or crack.
SHARON
LEDDICK
Life Matters
1391
on one of those high performance
sports cars that I had been denied.
Instead of the plenty-of-room and
scotch-guard sales pitch, they got
power, performance and fun. The
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A dramatic increase of
appetite may signify
marijuana use. -
A dramatic decrease of
a titema si nif useof
cocaine or crack.
No parent wants to believe his kid is using drugs. A good way to
know if he 1S, IS to know your kid. If he displays some of the symptoms
above, talk to him. Ask him about the symptoms. 1 le may not be on
drugs. He may simply be ill, or going through a tough emotional stage.
But if the signs are strong and you need advice, call 1-800-662-1 IELP
or contact a local drug abuse agency. People there are trained to spot
drug problems, and can recommend a treatment program if it's needed.
So study this drug test. For the good of your child, it’s one exam
you must not fail.
PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG-FREE AMERICA
sales brochure describing the car
read like a cheap romance novel —
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inevitable conclusion that it was time for extra storage, special seat belts out modesty.” “It’s metal skin is pul-
to purchase a bigger vehicle. We for the little one’s car seat and the all led tightly over the engine in a show
were now faced with that dreaded important scotch-guarded seats. It of lean strength.” “The wide,
task of car shopping.
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Epperson, Wayne. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 184, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 10, 1993, newspaper, October 10, 1993; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1670768/m1/4/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.