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The Manville Corporation is using the US bankruptcy laws legally but too cleverly to avoid costly damage suits from asbestos workers. It needs help from Congress.
In the first of a monthly series of articles, Richard Pearson of the Institute of Manpower Studies* outlines the case for planning the supply of skilled students to meet predicted demands.
