State monopolies among them the railways, forests, utilities and agricultural industries were sold or transformed into lean corporations as the beasts of deficit and inflation were fought.
In the Senate, Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi, recently urged a gathering of Republican senators to lean on corporations and business lobbyists for more donations.
If the Republicans really want to lower the government's expenses, they should start with helping to eradicate inequality, lean on corporations to pay better wages, close wasteful tax loopholes that benefit only the rich but do little to spur spending or the economy, and stop fixating on budget battles with Democrats.
But now, as Mr. O'Reilly, 53, takes the helm at the combined concern, to be called Chevron Texaco, some ask if an affable, relatively young executive who introduces himself as Dave can forge a corporation lean and mean enough to thrive.
They have been scrambling to transform Louvre from a French heirloom into a leaner American-style corporation, and they refuse to deal with Mr. Edelman.
Gone are the usual competitive restraints that keep capitalist corporations "lean and mean".
We can lean on multinational corporations all we want, they don't have the information or the power to ensure decent factories, and neither do we.
By focusing on data access, Sanergy has achieved similar levels of quantitative fluency to a lean startup or large corporation while working in some of the most challenging conditions in the world.
He said that the drive for a leaner, more cost-conscious corporation would not stop it paying top dollar for talent, or paying for people to "stay in hotels".
As state tax revenue continues to drop, even below Gov. James E. McGreevey's pessimistic projections, his administration today spelled out the details of a tax plan that would lean heavily on large corporations to close the budget gap.
