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...said it would lower prices only on a brand-by-brand basis. For instance, this month it lowered the price of its Raisin Bran, a fiercely contested item, 15%, to $3.40 for a 20-oz. box. No. 2 General Mills was also standing pat. Big G took the first stab at price cuts two years ago, when it lowered the price of Wheaties, Cheerios and other cereals an average of 11%. It has gained market share. Says John McMillin, a food-industry analyst at Prudential Securities: "Post is making a bet that its competitors won't follow across the board...
...interested in slipping under the portcullis and dancing his way up to the ramparts. After college and a stint in the Army, he was hired by the National Urban League to do welfare casework in Manhattan. He completed law school at night, moved to Washington and eventually took at stab at politics by managing Edward Kennedy's California campaign during the Senator's unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1980. That led to several jobs with Kennedy, but Brown eventually left public service to join Patton, Boggs, one of the capital's pre-eminent lobbying firms. There...
Allen does not deviate in any way from his familiar style and despite the plays' setting in Ancient Greece, it still takes occasional shots at New York City. "That's New York. You give them your money and they still stab you," the chorus comments. The characters are typical Woody Allen creations, slightly exaggerated and one dimensional, but the cast brings them to life...
...this right ends at the tip of my nose. If person A wants to commit violent acts for fun, and person B does not appreciate being beaten or killed, society makes a policy choice (simple in this situation) which values A's right to shoot and stab much lower than B's right not to be shot and stabbed. Sometimes the situation is less clear: Person A wants to listen to loud music, and person B wants to live in quiet surroundings. Laws are society's way of reaching a compromise (such as allowing music to be played before...
...distinction between foil and sabre bouts is that the foil is a point weapon and thus the fencers must stab their opponents. A sabre is a slash weapon, and thus the fencer may stab or cut. In an epee bout, by contrast, whichever fencer hits first gets the touch...