Word: sluggish
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...operations over the past three years, cutting the number of its brands by half to focus on 400 key products and shutting 83 of its 250 manufacturing facilities. Those efforts have widened its operating margins by 45%, and its earnings per share were up 27% last year, despite the sluggish economy. During Brabeck's tenure, Nestle has closed 156 factories, but it has acquired or opened 183 new ones, increasing the total to 516. And it continues to nurture some 8,000 product brands. That's about the same number as when Brabeck became CEO, although he has been putting...
...Madison outscored Harvard, 19-12, foreshadowing the swing that would take place following the break. Finelli led the team with 19 points, and junior guard Emily Tay paced the team with six assists, also chipping in 14 points. Both players were 6-for-6 from the line. After the sluggish first-half shooting, the Dukes got hot in the final 20 minutes, shooting nearly 56 percent from the field after the intermission. “They could hit shots that no one in the country could stop,” Delaney-Smith said. “It wasn?...
...hitting percentage, while Mahon notched 22 kills and Hanley added 16 of her own. Game one was all Harvard, as the Crimson got out to an early lead and did not relinquish it. Strong serving sustained Harvard down the stretch, with sophomore Lily Durwood recording three consecutive aces. A sluggish start to the second game put the Crimson down 9-5 early, but a pair of Cornell errors got Harvard back into it quickly. The score stayed close from there on out, and the Crimson was able to overcome a late 27-25 deficit to capture the second game...
...ushered in a fresh start for the Harvard skaters, who are trying to rid themselves of the bitter taste left over from their crushing four-overtime loss to Wisconsin in the first round of last season’s NCAA Tournament. Hampered by penalties and sluggish play for much of the first two periods, Harvard found itself in a 2-1 hole late into the second. But with less than two minutes left in the frame, freshman Liza Ryabkina took matters into her own hands. The Ukranian native stole the puck near center ice and charged into the Bobcats?...
...Burnses - there must be 20 of them in this Rhode Island home - are fiercely communal and insanely competitive. They make the Kennedys seem sluggish. They do aerobics and play touch football on the front lawn. When they're not engaged in Scrabble or an improvised singalong, they break up into speed-solving crossword teams. Come evening, there's a family talent show. Dan and Mitch duet on Pete Townshend's "My Love Opened the Door" (as if that perky tune hadn't been worn out in a half-dozen movies and commercials for J.C. Penney and NBC). And the children...