Word: flagships
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...been drawn into a bigger one. In an essay called "Why Have I Worn a Bulletproof Vest for Six Years?" he accused fellow officials in Lianjiang of corruption. The article appeared on a website run by the Party's flagship People's Daily and became a must-read among knowledgeable Chinese?even though it was wiped off the Internet within 24 hours and Chinese media were barred from covering the case. The misconduct Huang alleges is almost banal?he says local officials deprived residents of their homes and manipulated land prices. What makes the case sensational is the rare dragon...
...five-year, $92 million project sought to modernize the flagship facility of the Harvard College Library system. Administrators trumpeted technological improvements and preservation of Widener’s 3.5 million book collection as the primary achievements of the renovations to the 89-year-old building...
...thought it would be fun to become a part of the Harvard Square community,” said Jennie Song, a religion graduate student who owns both the new store and its two-year old flagship on Massachusetts Avenue near Central Square...
...into the $9 billion specialty-coffee market, the federation is opening a chain of posh Juan Valdez cafes, complete with porcelain cups, comfy chairs and knock-off Frappuccinos. Two weeks after the Washington cafe opens, the President of Colombia will preside over a similar gala at Juan's flagship store in Manhattan. And this fall Target will start stocking single-serve Juan Valdez coffee machines to help consumers replicate cafe quality at home. "Even the average consumer is requesting much better coffee quality and in plain-vanilla places like a burger joint or a doughnut shop," says federation CEO Gabriel...
Defining moment: They snapped up the stuffy British luxury-goods company Asprey & Garrard for a reported $150 million and enlisted Norman Foster to design the London flagship...