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From: wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Walt Pesch)
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Subject: Unions, onions, and things for Ken Perlow to cry about
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Date: Sat, 14-Apr-84 11:30:40 EST
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> Let's see.  5 letter word.  Must have something to do with the
> steel industry, obsessed with quarterly reports, abandoning their
> plants (modernizing is expensive) to diversify into finance and
> entertainment companies and anything else that'll turn a fast buck.
> I've got it!  "Greed."

>                              Ken Perlow

Nope, Ken, you're wrong.  We'll have to take you down to the $5,000
level and give you the next clue:

	We all know that if management was able to turn a profit from
	being in the steel industry as they were able to 20 years ago,
	the plants would be kept running.  However, nowadays because
	of this strange malody that is afflicting the steel industry
	it no longer feasible (i. e. profitable) to keep the plants
	running.  (No help from the audience please.)

OK, there is the clue.  Remember, the question is:

	My only question is why is it cheaper for me to get steel for my
	hypothetical factory in Chicago from Japan instead of Gary, Indiana?

	My only answer is that it is a five-letter word and it is not
	"onion".

You're job is to supply us with the correct answer.



                          Still waiting for the bolt from the skies,

                                          Walt Pesch
                                      AT&T Technologies
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