Word: britishism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...these stomach-churning times, there's comfort to be had in chocolate. Just ask Kraft. The world's second-largest foodmaker revealed on Monday, Sept. 7, that it had launched a $16.7 billion bid for British confectioner Cadbury, a bold effort to create "a global powerhouse in snacks" worth $50 billion a year in revenues. Cadbury rejected the offer, but Kraft, maker of Oreo cookies and Kool-Aid, showed its sweet tooth. The firm is "committed to working toward a transaction," it said in a statement, "and to maintaining a constructive dialogue...
...Cadbury can't be that surprised by Kraft's interest. Ever since U.S. chocolate giant Mars picked up chewing-gum maker Wrigley for $23 billion in 2008 - overtaking Cadbury to become the world's biggest confectioner in the bargain - analysts have held up the British firm as a compelling target for a firm like Kraft. Cadbury boasts around a quarter of the world's fast-growing gum market, a sector Kraft has missed out on. Its muscle in the U.K., Latin America and key emerging markets like India would also complement Kraft's strengths in the U.S. and Europe...
English 168d: "Postwar American and British Fiction," which counts toward Literature and Arts A. (Although the crowd in this class probably has more to do with the headlining professor, the inimitable James Wood, than the fact that it counts as a core class. Let's be honest—is anyone going to compete with a flock of fawning English concentrators when all they really want is an easy A in a core...
...classroom, the Potter characters learn to brew love potions as relationships foment between Ron and Hermione as well as Harry and Ginny. The acting in “Half-Blood Prince” is at its series peak. Although greatness can be expected from the giants of British acting that appear throughout the film—Alan Rickman as Snape, Michael Gambon as Dumbledore, Helena Bohman Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, among others—the most surprising depth is seen in the younger actors, especially Watson and Tom Felton, who plays Draco. The inner turmoil caused by his burdensome task...
...with the world of practice, and Meghan bridges that boundary beautifully.” The school has also recently added two other professors of practice with international diplomacy expertise, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and former U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns as well as British diplomat Rory Stewart. Ellwood also said that O’Sullivan’s field of expertise is particularly important for the Kennedy School, as “this is an incredibly important time in the Middle East and South Asia.” Last spring the school hosted...