Word: pulling
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...Stringer's appointment-with its implicit acknowledgment that there was no Japanese sufficiently qualified to lead the company-is evidence of how hard Japan Inc. now finds it to pull off the double act that Morita once handled so well. To an extent, the troubles of corporate Japan are a function of a long period of economic stagnation. During the boom years of the 1970s and '80s, Japan Inc.'s single-minded focus on engineering and process development-not to mention a resistance to foreign ideas-were hallmarks of the country's rapid economic progress and a source of national...
...even claim that with the introduction in 1979 of the Walkman-the device that enabled millions to listen to music while commuting to work or jogging-Sony all but invented multitasking, that combined benefit and scourge of modern life. Along the way, Sony's founders managed to pull off a difficult double act. On the one hand, they recognized that if the company was to grow to its full potential, it had to capture foreign markets. Basing himself in New York-when Sony opened its store on Fifth Avenue in 1962, it was the first time the Japanese flag...
Fortunately, the bottom half was able to pull through. Sophomore Shantanu Dhaka was treated for an injury, so he did not finish the fourth match, but Nguyen won 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, tying the overall match score...
...Pull Up the People,” the album’s first proper track, makes mincemeat of Ali’s famed boxing boast, as butterfly-crushing bass hits gently buzz underneath the sugary stings of a thousand sonic bees. On “Bingo,” steel drums and swaying low end are joined during the chorus by gnashing, squelching keys that make you really want to “hit a six,” whatever that means...
...departments are structured now, it kind of forces you to go to different departments. You have to do a lot more research, to try to pull those resources together at the University,” says...