Word: ranging
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...imitate what one can still hear in the synagogue today,” Lipkind said. His words rang true, as it was evident that the sounds coming from his cello were beyond notes; they were ethereal...
Dunkin' Donuts, which is based in Canton, Mass., had comfortably enjoyed the second spot in the breakfast market for years. Customers relied on Dunkin' for a doughnut and a cup of joe; they went to McDonald's for anything more. That easy division worked for years. Dunkin' rang up more than $3 billion in U.S. breakfast sales last year, compared with the Golden Arches' $7 billion, according to research firm A.G. Edwards. But the heat is on. In January McDonald's, which is in the middle of its own revival, scored big when its coffee beat Dunkin...
...hand with the energy and strength of a man 20 years younger. The living room was painted electric blue, and a gold vase of plastic flowers sat on the coffee table. There was a small television in the corner and a telephone that mewed like a cat when someone rang. More than once on my visits in April and again last August, Kwame repeated an adage that an old schoolteacher of his had used: There is no such thing as African time, the idea that things in Africa run slowly and behind schedule just because it's Africa. "There...
...strength of a man 20 years younger. The inside walls of his living room were painted electric blue, and a gold vase of plastic flowers sat on the coffee table. There was a small television in the corner, and a telephone that mewed like a cat when someone rang. More than once on my visits in April, and again last August, Kwame repeated an adage that an old schoolteacher of his had used: there is no such thing as African time. "There is no store in the world that sells an African watch or an African clock...
...Curious about the reason for this obsession with feedback, I rang a couple of experts. Murali Swamy, the Bangalore-based head of research and consulting at research firm Gallup India reckons it has to do with the fact that free enterprise is relatively new in India, and that only in the past decade or so have firms been forced to begin thinking about their customer. In the old days, companies "used to have people queued up outside their offices to whom they would dole out their products depending on favoritism and availability. Now it's a market of supply...