Word: setbacks
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...dealmaking to the quotidian work of integrating and running a complex business. "At one time we had more than 40 different billing systems," grouses a former high-level WorldCom executive. Ebbers' solution? Keep buying. His latest target was Sprint, but U.S. and European regulators told him no, a setback that accelerated WorldCom's decline...
Harvard junior Madhu Satyanarayana—“Saty,” for short—got the loss in the Crimson’s 5-3 setback at Fenway Park, but he looked sharp in his 6.2 innings of work. The 6’3 righthander from Fort Worth, Texas, threw three pitches for strikes—including a highly effective forkball—as he worked through a relatively painless first five innings...
...past, administrators have cited Faculty autonomy as a major setback to change...
Which Harvard does, in spades. The pairing of Chiou and Haimovic at No. 3 doubles against Columbia is evidence of that. Harvard has been very successful at winning the doubles points all year, but brought in a different team to experiment with chemistry and still suffered no setback...
...That's what I'd say if I were them," counters Dawn Hudson, Pepsi's senior vice president of strategy and marketing. Beneath Coke's outward calm, executives are seething over the NFL loss. The last thing the company wanted was a high-profile setback while Pepsi was gaining share. Even Dunn concedes that he fought until the end to keep the sponsorship. What carried the day for Pepsi, some say, wasn't just money but an aggressive promotional plan, the kind that takes months to design. Caught off guard by Pepsi's gambit, Coke simply didn1t have time...