Word: sullivans
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...lack of experience advocating before the justices may even be an asset. Calling her a “fresh face,” Fried said that some of the justices might “appreciate” the presence of a relative newcomer.Media reports mentioned Kathleen M. Sullivan, dean of Stanford Law School from 1999 to 2004, as one of Kagan’s main competitors for the post. Unlike Kagan, Sullivan has appeared several times before the Supreme Court, and she is also known in some legal circles as a highly skilled litigator.Despite Sullivan’s greater experience...
...Challenger, that comes in Tora Red and Hemi Orange. (Hemi is car-speak for a type of engine that accelerates like a rocket). There's a shiny red one, with a big green bow on the hood, on the showroom floor in Overland Park, Kan., and sales manager Mike Sullivan is confident it will be sold - and soon...
...week between Christmas and New Year's Day is traditionally the busiest of the year for car dealers, and Sullivan predicts it will be as good as ever. In fact, the folks at Overland Park Jeep Dodge are feeling so bullish that 50 extra cars were ordered for the early months of 2009. "We've already bottomed out," he said with the upbeat attitude of a true salesman. "Each month has been building back to normalcy." See photos of the 50 Worst Cars of All Time...
...grim headlines about Detroit's uncertain future aren't helping local salesman. At this sprawling dealership in suburban Kansas City, the biggest problem facing auto salesmen is squeamish buyers spooked by too much talk about bailouts and bankruptcies. "Our problem is getting them in the door," Sullivan said of his nervous customers. So Friday's announced $13 billion rescue package for GM and Chrysler was good news, not so much because this Kansas dealer needed a lifeline, but because it might reassure buyers the company will survive (along with the companies that make replacement parts for its cars...
...Sullivan wears a big ring studded with diamonds - one for every year he has ranked among the top Dodge salesmen in the country - and he has enough years behind him to remember tougher times. When his salesmen complain, he recalls trying to sell cars when interest rates were 17 and 18% back in the early 1980s. "I say, 'Guys, you've got no idea what it was like,'" Sullivan said. "If there weren't a few people paying cash, we would have been out of business...