Word: pinging
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...bedevil South Korea and Taiwan, where makers of low-end products, beset by competition and eroding margins, have in recent years been trying to make the transition to more sophisticated products. Shenzhen is trying to jump-start that transition by removing obstacles facing inventive startups. Six years ago, Xian-Ping Lu left his job as director of research at an R&D center for a pharmaceutical firm in the U.S. and, with other researchers, planned to set up their own company in China. Although they considered cities like Shanghai, Lu and his team chose Shenzhen. "We really felt there...
...ping and rattle of the rides and games reached all the way to the parking lot as Greg Lynch pushed Jessi's wheelchair toward the glow of the midway, over ruts that jostled her legs (which had been repaired with a metal rod and screws), her pieced-together arm and her back, which had been realigned with metal plates...
...been a Dupree, but I've also experienced a Dupree. My older brother Andrew blames Luke [Wilson] and me for the rapid disintegration of his first marriage. We were always at his house. Then I had this great girl I was living with, and he moved in, and the Ping-Pong table replaced the dining-room table, and the motorcycle got parked inside, and before you know it, she was gone...
...Juror Doug Baggett said both sides made such passionate arguments that he changed his opinion almost daily. "You felt like a ping-pong ball," said the manager for a legal department. In the end, jurors didn't believe the hands-on executives were unaware of any wrongdoing at the company. One juror, Freddy Delgado, an elementary school principal, pointed out that he's responsible for what happens inside classrooms - even when he's in his office or off campus. "I'm still responsible if a child gets lost," he said. Fellow juror and business owner Wendy Vaughn said...
...Nike, it's even better that--as many have suspected--the spot is digitally altered. It turns out Ronaldinho is somewhat mortal, even in his new boots. Fans have debated the clip endlessly, and Ping Pong has been viewed 12 million times since its October Web-only release, one of the most popular viral videos on the Internet today. Even for a company known for its winning, edgy marketing, that is a hat trick. By creating a youth-driven buzz so crucial to its leadership in the multibillion-dollar sneaker wars, Nike, based in Beaverton, Ore.the largest sporting-goods company...