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...Catholic) represents a historic federal bankrolling of those institutions and their overtly religious subset, and it drew quick fire from Democrats like Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy. He pronounced himself "disappointed that "[Bush] has proposed ... relief using such a politically charged approach," while California Representative George Miller complained that "to launch a new private-school voucher program in the midst of a disaster response creates a quagmire that could hinder rather than expedite the return to school for tens of thousands of students...
...Aquos as the product that burnishes its reputation as a top-tier global brand. International business already accounts for about half of Sharp's revenues, with buoyant sales of its high-end TVs in the U.S. and Europe driving those gains. The company has also benefited abroad from the launch last fall of a worldwide branding campaign, including ads produced by Wieden+Kennedy, an agency that's famous for managing Nike's advertising. Since the spots began airing, brand recognition for Aquos in the U.S., according to market-research surveys, has jumped from 30% to 57%, say Sharp executives. Sharp...
...brands outright. In late 2003 the company snapped up the C.O. Bigelow name and this June swallowed Slatkin & Co., a home-fragrances firm. "The consumer may want quality, but it's also about newness," says John D. Morris, a retail analyst at Harris Nesbitt. "They're rejuvenating the product launch cycle"--a pipeline that had languished pre-Fiske. Add in a catalog business (set to launch this fall), a website overhaul to let consumers buy direct (due in mid-October) and the possibility of expanding certain brands overseas, and Fiske's revenue projections, while far from certain, might just...
...have been the hallmark of her winning ways since 1999. After the country's stagnation in the '90s, and the reform shocks of the preceding decade, the Clark era has been a prosperous one. "There is no mood for radical change in our country," Clark declared at her campaign launch in Auckland on Aug. 21. Economic output has grown by an average of 4% a year; the country's unemployment rate has dropped to 3.7%, the lowest in the developed world. Dairy, meat and horticultural export earnings have soared. House prices have boomed, encouraging property owners to borrow...
This year, as part of that goal and in tandem with the launch of the initiative, Sasselov and Knoll with co-teach a Core course on the topic, Science A-54, “Life as a Planetary Phenomenon.” And Knoll added that public education—informing the average American, not just Harvard students—on the origins of life, is also a goal of the initiative...