FLINT, Michigan–At 34, Dave Pasco is a big, barrel-chested man with a few streaks of grey in his jet black hair and beard. He lives with his wife and her three children in a comfortable home on Flint’s outskirts. When Pasco was 18–precisely on his
George Hatsopoulos had a vision when he graduated from MIT 27 years ago. He wanted to change the way the world makes electricity. Starting business in the proverbial garage–it was a few miles away from MIT in Belmont–he theorized that, properly heated, some materials could
In 1945, a research chemist named Earl Tupper created a drinking tumbler from polyethylene plastic. By 1947, he had developed a way to make plastic containers whose parts would form a firm and virtually impenetrable seal to air and moisture. More than three decades later,
ARMONK, N.Y.–Working for IBM these days is not just a job experience. It’s also a welfare experience. The company not only provides handsome pension and health insurance for its workers and their families, but also does the following: offers health classes and physical examinations, helps
BELFAST–On May 27,1980, in a suburb of Belfast, sixty outraged citizens paraded outside their town hall. When the councilmen of Newtonabbey arrived for their scheduled meeting, the demonstrators became impassioned, “Murderers, ” they yelled at their elected representatives, “murderers.” The picketers hoped to persuade their
