| 词汇 | what-s good for general motors is good for the country |
| 词源 | what’s good for General Motors is good for the country. Former head of General Motors Charles E. Wilson didn’t say this when testifying before a Senate committee in 1953 when nominated for secretary of defense. The words have become proverbial, but what Wilson said was less arrogant: “I thought that what was good for our country was good for General Mo- tors, and vice versa.” |
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