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...Kraft too, persistence should pay dividends. While the Illinois-based firm has looked sickly in recent quarters, Cadbury has shone. The British business boasts "dominant positions, strong emerging market exposure and the potential for massive margin improvements," Andrew Wood, an analyst with the financial firm Sanford C. Bernstein, wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday. "Kraft," he added, "will benefit from all of Cadbury's strengths." And at a knockdown price. Bagging the firm for a value equivalent to 13 times Cadbury's profit before tax and other deductions amounts to the cheapest food-industry takeover in more than...
...year-old Brown won Cosmopolitan magazine's "America's Sexiest Man" contest and appeared nude in the June 1982 issue. Cosmo described him as "strong but huggable...
...Wade is the law of the land, and I don't plan on overturning it, but I've always felt that, you know, I'm against partial-birth abortions and believe in parental consent, a strong parental-notification law." - The Boston Globe...
...delivered food and water, rebuilt roads and ensured stability. I witnessed no incidents of looting or other lawlessness when I was there in the days immediately following the quake. While there were safety concerns because of landslides and aftershocks, there was no danger of violence. "You do have a strong central government, a government that's able to support the people, and I think that makes a difference," says Rayyis. "Whereas in a place like Haiti, that's going to be a struggle. You're going to need a lot more external intervention." (See pictures of Sichuan six months after...
...team. The Sun Devils (7-4) opened the contest with three straight falls, the most devastating of which left Buxton (141) sidelined with a concussion. Given an 18-point cushion, Arizona State was never threatened, despite forfeiting the 197-lbs. bout. The Harvard captains set a strong example for the squad, though, earning decisions in a pair of tough efforts. O’Connor (18-0) held off illness long enough to notch a 6-5 win over Te Edwards, pushing the senior to second all-time on the career wins list. Not to be outdone, Caputo kept pace with...