Word: warriors
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...bulk up sales, Davis has gone on a shopping spree. He signed seven licensing deals last year to get the New Balance logo on gear from sunglasses to exercise equipment. He recently signed on to sponsor major league lacrosse and in February bought a lacrosse-equipment maker, Warrior. He has also expanded into hiking footwear with the purchase of the Dunham brand, and he is working with retailers to open more single-brand New Balance shops, aiming to have "a couple hundred" in the U.S. by 2006. Worldwide, Davis projects sales growth of 10% to 12% over 2003, to more...
...worked for Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, helping to instigate the postwar Marshall Plan and, in 1950, writing a key paper that urged a U.S. economic and military buildup to "frustrate the Kremlin design of a world dominated by its will." Yet this early cold warrior became better known for his later efforts at conciliation, most notably a famous "walk in the woods" near Geneva, Switzerland, in 1982 with his Soviet counterpart in an attempt to break an arms-control deadlock. The agreement they reached failed to win approval, but his efforts paved...
...every Administration from Franklin Roosevelt's through Ronald Reagan's; in Washington, D.C. Erudite and irritable, wealthy and brash, Nitze was involved in many of the most important foreign-policy matters of post-World War II America, from the Marshall Plan to the nuclear arms race. An original cold warrior, he believed in countering the Soviet Union with military strength, although he may be best remembered for his 1982 attempt at conciliation, when he invited his Soviet counterpart to take a walk near Geneva in an effort to break a deadlock over another arms agreement. The ploy failed...
...Martin is a very, very solid player,” said Chu. “We expect him to be a warrior day in, day out for us. Hopefully it’ll be an all-Harvard [singles] final...
...Aztecs' harsh nature pervades the show, for which the Guggenheim has swathed the walls of its famous spiral ramp in black felt as a somber background. Early on, one encounters the splendid and somewhat hair-raising clay sculpture known as the Eagle Warrior, circa 1440-69, staring down from a shelf 6 ft. off the floor, as if on a ledge to surprise his enemies. Not far behind him looms the grisly god of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli, circa 1480, his rib cage exposed and his liver hanging out. The pair encapsulates some of the dualities that created a dynamic tension...