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...this attention has prompted Eric Kim, 47, Samsung's savvy Korean-American marketing chief, to boldly suggest that he hopes to surpass Sony in brand recognition by 2005. Don't laugh; Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei certainly isn't laughing. Samsung has the second most recognizable consumer-electronics brand in the world, according to Interbrand, the New York City-based consultancy. Idei has said privately that Samsung is on the verge of overtaking Sony in the consumer-products race. Graeme Bateman, head of research in Seoul for Japanese investment bank Nomura Securities, says Samsung is "no longer making poor equivalents...
...national level. Boston faces this challenge everyday. It has a legacy of revolution from the Adams to the Kennedys, and is rightfully proud of its bold action against antiquated ideas. As Boston faces its future of cultural and religious diversity, so does the nation. No city can surpass Boston in its willingness and success in seeing beyond unfair boundaries and creating working solutions to evolving problems...
Primm, too, hopes to equal or even surpass the 28 goals and 14 assists he amassed en route to earning Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman two years...
...past been too rattled to pull off a winning program in the American champion's wake. Normally a powerful, fast skater who achieves hang time with her jumps, she couldn't dazzle the Olympic judges enough to overtake Hughes. But her performance to Tosca was enough to surpass Kwan, who double-footed a landing on an early jump and then struggled to maintain her confidence in the rest of the program, falling on the later triple flip. "It just wasn't my night," said Kwan again and again. "I don't know what didn...
Stanford is far more meritocratic than any of its Ivy League rivals, and so it admits a far more talented incoming class every year. Harvard students may surpass Stanford students in academic and extracurricular achievement. However, Stanford, by being sensibly meritocratic in all areas of admission, absolutely dominates Harvard by attempting to recruit the very best athletes in nearly every sport...