Word: esprit
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...areas received at least a temporary boost with the surging stock markets of the 1990s and the billionaires they created. One of the most spectacular deals was the 750,000-acre acquisition of temperate rain forest in southern Chile by Doug Tompkins, who has headed the North Face and Esprit clothing companies. Tompkins spent some $15 million to acquire Pumalin Park, which stretches from the Chilean coast to Argentina. He is now buying land on the coast of Patagonia in southern Argentina to establish a reserve there. Other big private purchasers include Alan Weeden of New York City's Weeden...
...that elusive esprit that Kwan is hoping to capture, something she hasn't been able to do since her 1998 performance at the nationals, a month before Nagano. Without a coach but with a boyfriend and college classes as part of her life, Kwan says, "I have a different motivation now. I feel I have to take control of my skating at this moment." If she can harness it successfully, Kwan could add Olympic gold to the four world and six national titles she holds...
Lutz believes GM will be a turnaround story like Chrysler by the time he leaves in three years. "This gang has just the esprit de corps and even more capability than we had back then," he says. He acknowledges that once he left Chrysler, the company lost sight of its high-design, low-cost mission. "I realize now that what I have to do here is leave behind a system that works." Really, that's Rick Wagoner's job, but now he'll get a jump start from Bob Lutz...
...would be disingenuous to say that my students didn't feel pressure to help me get tenure," Verdine says. "But it created a real esprit de corps in the lab during that year. Students know there is pressure on their professor that translates to them...
...more similar than dissimilar," he says. He built on his success with Pizza Hut by landing franchises for Mister Donut, Swensen's, Sizzler, Dairy Queen and Burger King. Then he added seven hotels to his empire, including Bangkok's Marriott Royal Garden Riverside. He also distributes Esprit clothing and Red Earth cosmetics and other consumer products. When the Thai economy collapsed in 1998, Heinecke's conglomerate also swooned but clawed its way back fast. Last year it had revenues in excess of $200 million and profits of $13 million...