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...kick aside heritage brands such Umbro, Diadora, Puma and Adidas, the market leader and three times Nike's size in this category. Yet this June, when 32 nations battle for planetary soccer supremacy at the World Cup in France (Adidas is a title sponsor), six teams will wear Nike gear, which is six more than in the last Cup, four years...
With spring break just around the corner, students are beginning to get all their travel gear in order. Packing clothes, books and CDs and finding just the right way to cram in those last minute additions consume the final minutes of packing and preparation. Flagging down a taxicab while weighed down with too much luggage is a last-minute ritual, too. But there is one final thing to remember: the tickets. Those airline tickets, which were received three months ago from faraway parents, are now nowhere to be found. As one stresses out in the last few minutes before...
...feel that we can improve our passing, our blocking and our defense," said junior captain and outside hitter A.J. Lewis, who had four kills against Sacred Heart. "Every year we try to use spring break to gear up for the Ivies...
...lineup gives him a leading global position in camping gear, gas grills, coffeemakers, smoke detectors and more. But for all the synergies, it is the potential for tried-and-true Dunlapian cost cutting that excites Wall Street. The biggest of his buys, Coleman, with '97 revenues of $1.2 billion, is roughly the same size as Sunbeam and has problems similar to those Dunlap faced at Sunbeam when he arrived in July 1996. Coleman essentially becomes Dunlap's next turnaround gig. Only he bought it instead of being hired. (Job hunting is such a drag.) If he can work his formula...
...nuisance to lug around gas masks and protective gear, but no one complains. For the troops on the ground, the greatest fear is of chemical attack, a strike by an enemy they cannot see. The closer to the front, the more raw the nerves. mres, or Meals, Ready to Eat, are the soldiers' most accessible enemy. Everyone hates them. Egyptian soldiers refused them. Only ravenous Iraqi prisoners of war wolf them down--including the chewing gum. When the milk runs out, there is pineapple drink to pour on the cornflakes...