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Vultaggio does have reason to brag: his brand dominated 2005, a year in which Coke and Pepsi fizzled. "Arizona went nuts," says Jeffrey Klineman, editor of Beverage Spectrum magazine, a trade publication. According to Beverage Digest, Arizona topped the retail iced-tea market in 2005, taking a 32.3% market share in supermarkets, convenience stores and drugstores and picking up more business than any other brand. Arizona's annual sales in major retail-distribution channels topped $417 million, according to Information Resources. The company says its total sales, including Wal-Mart and all the hundreds of tiny corner bodegas that sell...
There is also a far more immediate reason for congressional Republicans to find some way to bridge their divide on immigration: they are short on tangible accomplishments in this midterm-election year. A law that would address the immigration mess would give them something to brag about as voters get ready to go to the polls. "We need to have a [presidential] signing ceremony on the border before the fall," says one of the G.O.P.'s top strategists. "We need to get it done...
...list of features - full manual control, ultrasonic dust protection, a 7.5-megapixel image sensor, access to all of Olympus' Zuiko Digital Specific lenses, and compatibility with high-capacity CompactFlash memory cards as well as the Olympus/Fujifilm proprietary xD card - and you can see why this camera has plenty to brag about...
...lived there a year or a lifetime, love it fiercely and know what an amazing city it is. They also know that no one will rest until it is returned to all of its former glory. I want to restore New Orleans to the heaven on earth that I brag about so often; then I can have you down and show you around. If there is one thing I love it is to have guests in my home and show off the many wonders of the Crescent City. You can bet there will be a few spots in my living...
...things I was frustrated in.” One of those frustrations was what Green calls a “certain lack of responsiveness” among city officials to urgent civic needs. “We have streets with potholes you can lose small children in, schools that brag when they are on probation from the state, and there is no reason why we can’t and shouldn’t be doing better,” Green says.BOY FROM THE BAYOUA Louisiana native, Green grew up in a single-parent home, which he says helps...