Word: regaining
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...month after General Motors announced that it was preparing to spin off or drop Saturn as part of the effort to regain viability, the beleaguered automaker is now spending millions of dollars on ads for Saturn during the telecasts of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. "We're Still Here," one ad emphatically says, as if to squash rumors to the contrary. "It was an odd thing to see because it's a short-term fix. It's obviously part of a holding action," says Alan Baum, an analyst with The Planning Edge in Birmingham, Mi. (See the 50 worst cars...
...what can be done: The drug trade tends to infect societies through open wounds: derelict neighborhoods and out of control regions run by war/drug lords. Situational crime prevention instruments can heal these wounds and make them inhospitable to the drug barons. The emphasis in each case is to regain control over marginalized areas, to draw them in rather than push them out of society...
...Favre between sips of her cappuccino in a Lausanne cafe. Standing in front of UBS's Lausanne office, Bernard Thevenoz can't hide his outrage. "Those thugs, they are dragging our country through the mud," the octogenarian hisses, waving his cane towards the palatial building. "How can we ever regain our dignity...
...Dale and helped limit the star point guard to an ugly 3-of-12 night from the field and six turnovers.Pusar’s gritty performance in the second half began with a fast-break layup, and he scored again with an excellent driving layup midway through to regain the lead at 56-55 to counter an explosive Big Red run. But his biggest play didn’t show up in the boxscore.With the team up 69-67 and under three minutes left, a missed Harvard three bounced off the rim towards a group of players...
...because it's easy for these firms to find good workers while unemployment is still high-and easy for workers to come across small companies since there are so many of them. Once the economy is chugging along at full-steam and the labor market is tight, larger companies regain the advantage, since they're likely able to offer more money-and poach from smaller outfits...