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company and was
Kodyke was to head the dread company police.
He himself had heard that there was gangster money in the company, but that had nothing to do with him.
`` I didn't know I was gonna have company in this car ''.
The biggest loss, of course, was the individual's lessened desire and ability to give his services to the growth of his company and our economy.
In June, 1940, Sergeant Helion, with a company of reserve troops waiting to go into battle, was sketching the hills south of the Loire River, when the war suddenly rolled in upon him.
His company then carried out a confused retreating movement until it was surrounded by the Germans, a few days before France capitulated.
It was a picked assault company.
When it was over, eight of his company were still alive and all eight were wounded.
According to Friends, the unit was organized by John Snook, a former World War 2, commando who is vice president and general manager of the telephone company.
She was wise enough to realize a man could be good company even if he did weigh too much and didn't own the mint.
There was no room for company in the tiny Weaning House ( where the Albright boys always took their brides, till they could get a house and a farm of their own ).
Thus was invented the single thread sewing machine, which Mr. Gibbs in partnership with Mr. Willcox decided to bring to Brown & Sharpe with the proposal that the small company undertake its manufacture.
Also important on the Brown & Sharpe scene, at the turn of the century, was Mr. Richmond Viall, Works Superintendent of the company from 1876 to 1910.
He was an ardent champion of the Brown & Sharpe Apprentice Program and personal counselor to countless able men who first developed their industrial talents with the company.
Commencing with the death of Lucian Sharpe in 1899, the name of Henry D. Sharpe was for more than 50 years closely interwoven with the destiny of the company.
Yes, Blanche was very, very sweet -- being in her company was like being drowned in warm, melted marshmallows.
The primary consideration in the compilation of this list was convenience in discussing the questionnaire with company officers.
Where possible, the name of an executive was supplied along with the company name and address.
There was further elimination of all companies that were not accompanied by the name of a responsible company executive.
Each questionnaire was audited for obvious mistakes and for comments, and was identified by a serial number, by the source list from which the company name was selected, and by the geographical location of the company as determined by the postmark on the return envelope.

company and impressed
Bertrain H. Wait, an engineer whose company had worked on the construction of the New York Cities Catskill Aqueduct, was impressed with the durability of Rosendale cement, and came up with a blend of both Rosendale and synthetic cements which had the good attributes of both: it was highly durable and had a much faster setting time.
Henry Saperstein ( whose company UPA co-produced the 1965 film Frankenstein Conquers the World and the 1966 film War of the Gargantuas with Toho ) was so impressed with the octopus sequence that he requested the creature to appear in these two productions.
In March 1929, General Motors ( GM ), impressed by Opel's modern production facilities, bought 80 % of the company, increasing this to 100 % in 1931.
Mary, however, is not impressed and instead remains focused on her ambition to become a partner at the wedding company she works for.
However, the opera company was said to be impressed with improvements to the structure and the sound quality, which was enhanced when the heavy red carpets in the hall were removed.
She auditioned for George Cukor's stock theater company, and although he was not very impressed, he gave Davis her first paid acting assignment anyway — a one-week stint playing the part of a chorus girl in the play Broadway.
He reportedly was not impressed by the first two, but was excited by the last one, and promptly integrated it, first into the Lisa and then in the Macintosh, attracting several key researchers to work in his company.
In 2005, under pressure from retailer Wal-Mart ( which was impressed with the popularity of Splenda sweetener ), the company released a new formulation called " Diet Coke sweetened with Splenda ".
They were impressed with this engineer, who had graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in only three years, and had entrepreneurial spirit ; they decided to invest in a new company he wanted to start.
When their colonel reached the remains of their company, this display of courage and loyalty impressed him so much that Lamarck was promoted to officer on the spot.
Barbirolli's concerts impressed Frederic Austin, director of the British National Opera Company ( BNOC ), who in the same year invited him to conduct some performances with the company.
Hayers was not impressed, and Alan had to wrap up his production company Peartree Productions ( a reference to the Christmas Carol " The Twelve Days of Christmas "), firing all its staff including Jill ( whom he had feelings for and had one-night stand with ; albeit unsuccessful ).
The owners of the shipping company that had employed Slocum were so impressed by this feat of ingenuity and leadership, they gave him the command of the Constitution which he sailed to Hawaii and the west coast of Mexico.
Moore was influenced by the Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green, who was in turn impressed by Moore's guitar playing and introduced him to the Columbia / CBS record company.
Swinburne was so impressed with the possibilities of the product that he formed a company called Fireproof Celluloid Syndicate Limited, which was dedicated to research and marketing of the product.
However, impressed with d ' Artagnan's cheek and boldness, and secretly glad to be rid of the treacherous Milady, the Cardinal tears it up and writes a new order, giving the bearer a promotion to a lieutenant in de Treville's company of guards.
The company was taken over by AEG, but soon after this the Air Ministry, which had been impressed by the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 helicopter, suggested that Focke establish a new company dedicated to helicopter development and issued him with a requirement for an improved design capable of carrying a payload.
The company was taken over by AEG, but soon after this the Air Ministry, which had been impressed by the Fw 61 helicopter, suggested that Focke establish a new company dedicated to helicopter development and issued him with a requirement for an improved design capable of carrying a payload.
Zinnemann said he was impressed with Kramer's company and the efficiency of their productions:
Their progress with the 3D graphics on the SGI systems impressed Nintendo's Genyo Takeda, and in 1994, Nintendo bought a 49 % stake in the company, turning Rare into a Nintendo second-party developer.
An order came from Henry Ford in Detroit to the company for a thousand crankshafts, and Ford was impressed by the response.
Later that year, former NWA World Champion Terry Funk introduced Bollea to the company head Vincent J. McMahon, who was impressed with his charisma and physical stature.

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