Word: dynamo
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...dynamo of agility and blinding speed, Ford, the CRLS point guard, was largely contained in the first half, only making one of his first nine field goal attempts. Holy Name jumped out to early 8-2 and 35-21 leads, threatening to put the game away, but CRLS (24-1) clawed back, going on an 11-0 run to pull within 3 by halftime...
...talking about the nearly $20 billion emerging market for alternative beverages, those ubiquitous juices, teas, bottled waters, sports and energy drinks, packed with exotic herbs and vitamins, that are overwhelming store shelves. Quaker may be known for oatmeal, but its magic potion is Gatorade, a $2 billion-a-year dynamo of a brand that has a hammerlock on 80% of the sports-drink market. "When we're done," Gatorade chief Susan Wellington told analysts earlier this year, "tap water will be relegated to showers and washing dishes." Coming on the heels of Pepsi's recent $370 million purchase of SoBe...
...botched reorganization derailed CEO Rick Thoman. An IBM and American Express executive and a Lou Gerstner protege, Thoman was brought in as CEO last year to turn Xerox into a high-tech dynamo. His sin was not his strategy but his sense of urgency. Thoman believed Xerox had to move fast, but the troops were not ready. "There's a fine touch between knowing what to do and when to do it," an insider says of Thoman's leadership. Thoman was replaced by former Xerox chief Paul Allaire...
...these reports, smaller providers like EarthLink and Telocity have better customer service than the Baby Bells. But this is a smoke screen. Almost all residential DSL companies in the U.S. rely on their local phone companies to build the equipment that turns an ordinary phone line into a DSL dynamo. None of them can get you up and running any faster, which is why I've been sticking it out with Pac Bell all this time. If I canceled my order and went to a competitor, I'd effectively be starting over in the same queue...
...sacked if they came up short this time around - didn't seem to affect them, though. While the Russians bobbled and the American team bombed, the Chinese seemed to grow stronger as the evening progressed, even triumphing on the vault, one of their weaker events. By the time charismatic dynamo Li Xiaopeng landed a 9.712 vault, shouts of "China, No. 1" were bouncing off the walls of the Sydney SuperDome...