As it turned out, the best of these foolish acts, and the best told, was the one recounted by the tall, large man.

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Goodyear drove itself into a similar trap in the 1980s, when it loaded up with debt and plunged into foolish diversification schemes instead of concentrating on the business it knew best, tires.

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