Word: slews
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...More than a few analysts think Heinecke could be leading his bakers and bikers into a sausage and anchovie Agincourt. As Pizza Hut's champion, Heinecke slew all challengers, capturing 95% market share and forcing American chain Domino's Pizza out of Thailand. Now can Heinecke beat the brand he built? Areeya Boon-Long, associate director at the Bangkok office of AMI Business Consulting, says: "In terms of brand image, awareness and loyalty, Pizza Hut has it all.'' Pizza Hut has other strengths, too. Tricon has 33,000 stores in 104 countries. As the largest quick-serve restaurant corporation...
...Wang is also dribbling in place. His current stint in the NBA will probably last less than 10 games. Beijing wants him back to represent China in the East Asian Games as well as a slew of other pride-stroking regional and national championships through the summer and fall. The imposing center's return to the Mavericks next season depends on a host of factors: whether the NBA will take back a player who has missed training camp and the early part of the season, the success of Beijing's 2008 Olympic bid and even, in this era of frosty...
...minds that she is being used as a model for next year's Christmas cards sent out by paparazzi. She shoots me a "what can I do?" smile. I sense that I cannot duck my destiny with gallantry. I utter the words that I've heard from a slew of celebrity handlers over the years. "Come on gentlemen... last two pictures. Miss Fonda is due on stage right...
...Inside the famed restaurant a slew of familiar faces jostled for the trademark smoked salmon pizzas and other Wolfgang Puck delicacies. On a stage area the lead Sledge of Sister Sledge was leading the crowd and a Washington school kid choir in a rousing version of her signature hit "We Are Family." She lured onstage a sprinkling of other entertainers, including Halle Berry, though Halle resisted attempts to get her to sing into the microphone...
...statistic is missing from the slew of data published about the state of the U.S. economy. It is the length of the commute between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Since last fall, when the layoffs began in the valley, this journey, which I have been making twice a day for the past 15 years, has started to shorten...