Word: win
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Archrival R.J. Reynolds has been mailing out videocassettes containing commercials for its Now brand of cigarettes. The company says all the tapes ; were sent to smokers who favor Carlton, a competing brand, in an effort to win them over. But Matthew Myers, staff director of the Coalition on Smoking or Health, contends that RJR's "video loophole" could be used to circumvent Congress's original goal of shielding youngsters from tobacco ads. While the RJR tape is aimed at adults, Myers fears that such ads could creep into videocassettes of teen movies...
...times: marrying into money. Last week, three days after Japanese investors bought a majority interest in Rockefeller Center, the 67-year-old maker of sleek, purring luxury sports cars and sedans agreed to be taken over by America's Ford Motor for $2.5 billion. The deal is likely to win approval from the required 75% of Jaguar's stockholders...
...well-established leaders in their markets, and yet both were being steadily squeezed out by the intensive foreign and domestic competition. And in the midst of this crisis, the men and women of these companies found within themselves the will to make a painstaking reassessment and the drive to win back their market share...
Brown broke a 25-game losing streak last night when it tied Dartmouth, 5-5 in overtime, in a season opening game in Providence. The Bruins last win came in last year's season opener, which was also against the Big Green...
Brown has not defeated the Crimson since it captured a 5-4 win...