Word: armadas
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...American armada, under Admiral William “Bull” Halsey, was “the largest, most powerful fleet of warships ever assembled.” Not only did Halsey have the upper-hand on the high seas, but he dominated the air as well, with 1,000 warplanes at his disposal. (His rival, Admiral Takeo Kurita, had none.) In short, it should have been a blowout, not a battle...
...where Nissan earns the bulk of its profits, full-size vehicles like the Armada SUV and Titan pickup need generous incentives to sell, even as gas prices have come down. Armada and Titan drove Nissan into new segments but not without picking up some dents. Both models have scored dismally in consumer surveys of vehicle reliability, tarnishing Nissan's image as a high-quality Japanese brand...
...have slowed sales, for instance, but the problems are being addressed. Nissan has streamlined the way it deals with quality issues, creating teams to focus on specific complaints, like squeaks and rattles or wind noise, and nip them in the planning stage or on the assembly line. The Armada and Titan are scoring better in Consumer Reports surveys. "We're putting in the resources," Ghosn says. "It takes time, but we're working on it." He's also promising to smooth out the product cycle, aiming to launch models on a more regular basis, and he says Nissan will eventually...
...Jeez, doesn't this have 'Oscar, please, Oscar' written all over it?" snickered one partygoer at the Stone event. All the elements were there: an armada of Paramount publicists, reporters from the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter and Variety, as well as members of other award-giving groups such as the Hollywood Foreign Press (who give out the Golden Globes) and the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (the BAFTAs...
...example, Cordingly argues that Sir Francis Drake almost single-handedly jump-started the rise of British naval supremacy because he was more or less a sneaky pirate bastard who repeatedly stole everything he could from the Spanish armada with tacit British approval...