Word: setbacks
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...lost share last year. But Coke's lost more, and Pepsi scored big with new flavors Code Red and Lemon Twist. PepsiCo recently embarrassed its bigger rival by snatching away the National Football League sponsorship, which had been Coke's for 22 years. Coke, meanwhile, dismisses the NFL setback as less important than the individual sponsorships it retains with two-thirds of the league's teams. "We're still an NFL sponsor," asserts Jeff Dunn, head of Coke in the Americas. Dunn, a candidate to succeed CEO Douglas Daft in a few years, insists that the "passion point" for consumers...
...West’s possible departure—he has been in poor health and may have other personal reasons for considering a move. Nevertheless, it was reported in December that Summers offended West in a meeting last fall. West’s departure would certainly be a political setback for Summers, who has been trying to establish his credibility with the Faculty after a hard-charging start. Thus, the 400 signatures that students have gathered address both West and Summers, asking the former to stay and the latter to show his commitment to keeping the best professors at Harvard...
With the sting of that setback still fresh in its mind, the Crimson headed into its toughest challenge of the season last Saturday at Duke, where the No. 10 Blue Devils staved off a late Harvard surge to prevail...
...order of finish so punters could cash in on a long-shot combination bet, was sentenced to three years in prison. No charges have been filed as yet in Operation Green. The Jockey Club had no official comment, but chief executive Larry Wong acknowledges the investigation "is an emotional setback...
...casualties inflicted on the U.S. at Shahi Kot to embolden anti-American forces throughout the region. Even before this week's clashes, British peacekeepers had been fired on three times in Kabul, while U.S. forces had come under attack more than once in both Kandahar and Khost. Despite the setbacks at Shahi Kot, however, the U.S. still holds the initiative there, and defeat of Mansoor's troops will presumably be a setback for anti-U.S. forces. Still, there are emerging signs of a new assertiveness on the part of the Taliban and al-Qaeda remnants put to flight last...