European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday March 11,1987 today s crossword beware the company memo the president or chief executive officer of company issues a statement saying How Well the com Pany is doing you can bet it company is in bit Trou ble. the first thing these memo try to do it establish he chief Guy hell say to like to take this Cerion to share some thoughts with or "1welcome this Opportunity to speak to you. 1 the literature of the company memos is a genre All it Towl -. To understand one you have to be Able to translate what s actually said into what s actually meant for example ".,. In the past year our company a undergone significant restructuring this usually Means a lot of people got fired Andone or the company s divisions Tost so much Money they got rid of it we Are confident that with your help we will be Able to overcome the formidable this Means Well be asking you to take a Cut in pay we have made great strides in recent the memo always say. Then they go on to say while we have made great Progress there is still a Long Way to to what the head of the company is usually trying 1o Tell employees is that they better Brace themselves fora salary Cut or some layoffs difficult times always lie ahead in company memo. As you know1 the company memo continues obviously not believing that you know at All or it would t be telling you the Economy nukes us particularly vulnerable to Competition from outside interests we can no longer count on something. It does Nutter what but hey always say they can t count on something. The single most popular word in the memo from the company president is the company faces an unusual Challenge this coming year or it has already faced series of unusual challenges the president nonetheless took Forward to a year of expanding growth and limes Are never just Ordinary everyday times in a company memo. As we face the future Tim scan be demanding times or the difficult times in which we sometimes they Are turbulent even though it looks As though the company ingoing to fire people Cut salaries and reduce the Quality arils product our commitment is to excellence,1 or we Are committed to a program of if the Rumor is already out that the company ingoing to Lay people Oft one of the first things the president says is there is no truth to the Rumor there it never any truth to rumours in memos from company Heads to employees. The company May go belly up three Wheelu later but at the Lime the presi Dent speak you can be sure there s no truth to in Trumor nothing could be further from the the Rumor of bad news has already proven to be True the company Bead wants to put the whole mat Ter into perspective we must put this whole matter behind us be cause As every chief executive tells you it is time for us to look to the greatest asset is you the employees if you Are one of the employees beware the company memo. Of to cuu Hlll St Nam health diet bans pizza for life by Joe Murray , Texas a Friend of mine made the mistake of buying his wife a health Book called fit for nothing else the title Speaks the truth. After Reading the Book his wife seems intent on giving Hima fit about what be eats for the rest of i lift not Only is she following the diet she s following him around to make sure he does. But it s working. In the past month or so my Friend has lost is pounds and a Belt notch. He also seems to have lost the will to Way he tells it the premise of this program is that certain food groups Don t mix. For instance you Are never to invite proteins and carbohydrates to the same dinner. To do u is inviting big trouble did t quite understand Why that it so or what it does. But i can Tell you what it Means to my Friend and his Way of life. His wife has declared that in order to have a Long life he can never have another slice of pizza for As Long As he happened to spot fit for life in the Bookstore the other Day and could t help being drawn to for my Friend he sneaked off lying to Hij poor faithful wife who never suspected she was Mamed eater Cheater. Sad to say she soon Learned the awful it on his breath she did Pepperoni sausage three kinds of cheeses on extra thick crust mixture of protein and carbohydrates most foul. So confronted he came clean vowing to Dean Upland promising she would never Smeby pizza on his breath for As Long As he lived but not to worry Friend. I think i know How you can live up to that Promise without wishing you were a night of unbridled galloping up and Dawn the pizza Buffet All you have to do is remember to take Good drink of whiskey before going borne. Nothing like a Tittle Bourbon to blur the evidence of anchovies. Tei i got him live. Shoe sox. Ipemmnnb30kthw em3xhs we. Etc just across s3 some1 health Pioneer giving ministers Spring 36 salty4 vestment 37 Astatic 7 rang femur8 now 1 38 dullness my barometer10 publicist s so steady concern 40 sword11 tame def Ealer 13 Cones 41 Harden Kigiu Down 16 ending for 1 Drudge band or a Knight a Bond attendant17 Noble 3 land of principle the in Enow free 20 sleevT 8olatlon 4elhlo. 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