Word: impressively
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...Russia, environmental groups were claiming the company had become an apostate to the green causes it once championed. TNK has some notoriously polluted assets, like the Ryazan refinery and the Samotlor field in western Siberia, where 6,500 hectares of land have been heavily contaminated. That won't impress groups like the U.K.-based World Wildlife Fund, which recently decided to sell its BP shares because of environmental concerns in Alaska and elsewhere. Emita Neville, head of advocacy at WWF, argues that BP is "more about the rhetoric of 'beyond petroleum' than the reality." The 51,000 shares sold...
...expected that as the prospect of war draws nearer, Saddam Hussein will attempt to avoid an invasion through unexpected initiatives designed to impress the Security Council. He could, for example, offer new concessions or even revelations, and seek to blame his subordinates for any deception of the inspectors. But the patience of the U.S. - and of the inspectors themselves - has worn thin. Absent a dramatic and genuine turnabout by Iraq in the next week, the inspectors will report that Iraq has failed to meet its obligations under Resolution 1441. And while France and Russia insist that Powell's evidence...
...location of the wine cellar the business of the restaurant’s staff, not its customers?—and senior staff, including co-owner Mary-Catherine Deibel, work the room throughout dinner to check on your progress and satisfaction. Clearly, they are anxious to impress and, they largely succeed. To that end, there are two different range dining options: a more informal lunch and dinner service in the second floor Monday Club Bar and a high-end dinner service Monday to Saturday in the Soiree Room, for which one must climb two flights of stairs. Neither is ideal...
...would like to see young fashion designers learn how to cut a dress, how to do a fitting before becoming full-fledged designers. Clothes made just for the runway, to impress with fantastic shows, don't achieve the same results...
...distant relative of the leaders of a Middle Eastern country is not normally enough to impress fashion big shots, who often mingle with the likes of Queen Sofia of Spain or Queen Rania of Jordan. Designers and CEOs know, and care, about Majed al-Sabah because largely through his flashy exoticism and smarts--and, perhaps, wallet--he has become one of the most prominent retailers in fashion...