Word: robustly
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...certainly won't be halted without robust, credible and influential third-party involvement. None of the actors will want to appear overly eager for a cease-fire, but more than a few might--at the appropriate time--leap at an outsider's proposed deal. That happened before, in the 1980s and 1990s, when Lebanon was the arena for similar proxy wars and when the U.S., then the energetic mediator, was the instrument of diplomatic negotiations. Without U.S. support, it's doubtful that the U.N.'s mediators will be able to muster similar muscle...
Yahoo! and Google continue to give away most of their new products, banking on the robust growth of the ad market, which last year yielded $12.5 billion, up 30% from 2004, which was up 33% from 2003. By redeploying its resources toward broadening its audience, the rationale goes, AOL will be able to compete more efficiently, dropping, among other costs, the hundreds of millions it has been spending to attract new subscribers. The risk is that advertising sales won't grow quickly enough to offset the loss of subscription dollars...
...Chevron, was named CEO of Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), a $36 billion agricultural processor. The move suggests that ADM--which turns grains and oil seeds into syrups, flour, feed and other products--sees ethanol and biodiesel as bigger parts of its future. Indeed, last month Woertz announced "robust" investment plans for its ethanol business. "Whether it's food, feed or fuel, I think there are great opportunities to expand across our portfolio," she says. So, what about running the largest woman-led company in the U.S.? Her focus is on leading the company, she says, not her status...
Over the decades, French films have meant different things to the American audience. For a long time they were ooh-la-la, saucier, more worldly than their robust but prim Hollywood counterparts. Then, when movies became films, they were the heart (François Truffaut) and the brains (Jean-Luc Godard) of international cinema in its glory days. Then there were the boulevard comedies, like La Cage aux Folles and Three Men and a Baby, that got remade by Hollywood. After that they retreated into austerity, into the perfunctory embrace of minimalism. And now... well, frankly, now French films...
ERNIE ELS The South African golfer's 2003 Stellenbosch, with its rich and robust blend of classic Bordeaux grape varieties, has a fine, long finish...