In the 1940s England's Coulter Galleries is said to have burned the frames of its Victorian paintings to salvage the gold leaf.

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But Whitacre's departure won't change the risk--"a big risk in my mind, " says O' Keefe's Coulter--that the IPO could turn into a PR nightmare for GM if its opening price is too low.

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Coulter's smug rally to become "single-issue voters" smacks of panic she accuses others of experiencing.

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