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From: gfv@homxc.UUCP (G.VALVO)
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Subject: Re: IBM Songbook?
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Date: 21 Mar 89 14:00:28 GMT
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From article <Mar.20.14.23.21.1989.17240@hardees.rutgers.edu>, by patterso@hardees.rutgers.edu (Ross Patterson):
> There was indeed an IBM songbook, widely available and used, until the 1960's
> with their attendant freedoms burst into even IBM's hallowed halls. Those were
> also the days of White Shirts Only and the "IBM Wife". Thank goodness they're
> over. 

I'd imagine that many Japanese employees sing a company song and do
group calisthenics every day.  There is also great emphasis on uniformity
in dress and apperance.  Seeing as how the Japs have been kicking our
industrial butts for several years maybe it's not such a bad idea.


Greg