EXECUTIVE APPEAL : CLINTON TELLS FIRMS: PROTECT WORKERS.Byline: Dina Temple-Raston Bloomberg Business News President Clinton told top business executives at a summit on ``corporate responsibility'' that it's up to employers, not the federal government, to watch out for their workers. ``The great magic of the American system The term American System can mean one of the following:
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