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...expansion policies go, it was opportunistic. "From the beginning, we didn't necessarily look to those four countries that we have today," says Baksaas. But there's no denying it's been fruitful. "Telenor has developed one of the best portfolios of international assets" of all Europe's major telecom firms, analysts at Citigroup wrote in a recent note. Since Telenor took control of Malaysian operator DiGi in 2001, for example, that business has expanded "from a small, niche player to one of the driving forces in the market," says Espen Torgersen, telecoms analyst at Carnegie, a Nordic investment bank...
...they have a GOOD cheerleading squad!” Besides general stereotypes and biases working against them, the cheerleading squad also had to deal with more concrete, technical issues, such as limited access to practice facilities and a shortage in funding—both of which presented major obstacles in the path to national competition. Coach Kristin Capasso commented on these hurdles, saying cheerleading is “not a priority on Harvard’s campus,” despite the alumni and fans that “recognize the talent level of the team...
Harvard students can be trusted to choose food that will not spill and will be expected to continue to keep the library free of trash. Students are allowed to bring lidded drinks into the library with no major consequences, so food is reasonable as well...
...best one, typically at the governmental and corporate level. The Whole Foods chain’s absolute abandonment of plastic bags (which, as was elegantly stated on this page last week, might end up increasing its customers’ environmental impact) is one of dozens of examples of a major corporation polishing its environmental boilerplate without retrofitting its inefficient engine...
...famous, and controversial, attack ads in modern political history, the Willie Horton ad. That spot, which was also funded outside a campaign, blamed Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic nominee, for the weekend furlough that allowed a convicted felon to commit another rape. At the time, domestic crime was a major national issue, though it has not registered as a significant concern in public opinion polls during this election cycle...