Word: propelled
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...acquisition of V&S brings Pernod Ricard closer than ever to its goal of catching Diageo. The combined company will have global sales of 91 million cases, compared with Diageo's 93 million. Absolut alone will propel Pernod Ricard from fourth place to second in the North American market, with a 14% market share, compared with Diageo's 26%. Can the former pastis family business become the global drinks leader? The banks that financed the deal in a difficult market show that for some, at least, the answer to that question is Absolut...
...Crimson swept Maine last Thursday in its final two games before Ivy play began. In the second outing of the day, Harvard used a massive third inning to propel itself over the Brown Bears...
Scoreless through the first two innings, the teams exchanged runs in the third, each putting up three. The Crimson quickly answered with a solo shot by Murphy and an RBI double by Vertovez to propel Harvard ahead 5-3, a lead it would not surrender. The Crimson scored twice more on an RBI Murphy single and long ball by Francis. The insurance runs proved key in what ended up being a close game...
...societies requires strengthening parts of the U.S. government that don't carry guns. While our military patrols the world, our embassies increasingly cower behind barbed wire, disconnected from the societies they need to understand and help. America doesn't need to abandon the fervor that five years ago helped propel us into a disastrous war; we need to redirect it. Muscular moralism has had its day. The test now is whether we can effectively separate the two--carrying a big stick for self-defense but using less blunt instruments to improve the world...
...Jenkins’ close friend, Crimson captain Matt Vance says. “It’s kind of surreal.”In the meantime, in his last go-round as a collegiate baseballer, Jenkins will try to nail down the second-base job and help propel Harvard to another Ivy League crown. He’s been waiting.—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...