The successful introduction of the Chicken Whopper was one of the few noted positive highlights of the company during negotiations for the sale of Burger King by its the owner Diageo to a group of investors lead by the TPG Capital ; Chicago-based consulting firm Technomic Inc. president Ron Paul was quoted that he was encouraged by recent product changes at Burger King such as the new Chicken Whopper, but he said it's too early to tell whether the changes have been successful.

Despite the Chicken Whopper's initial success, just over a year after the Chicken Whopper's introduction enthusiasm for the product was waning ; Burger King's largest franchisee, Carrols Corporation, was complaining that the product line was a failure, describing the sandwich as a pedestrian product with a great name.

Despite a contract with MGM to distribute his cartoons, and the introduction of a new character named “ Flip the Frog ”, and later “ Willie Whopper ”, the Iwerks Studio was never a major commercial success and failed to rival either Disney or Fleischer Studios.

As described in the introduction, BCD takes advantage of the fact that any one decimal numeral can be represented by a four bit pattern:

It has been used since the 17th century and, with clay pipes, represented the most common medium for pipes before the introduction of briar as the material of choice in the 19th century.

As a result of the introduction of earnings related supplements to sickness and unemployment benefits and widows ’ allowances, the total benefit for a man earning £ 30 a week now represented 50 % of his earnings rather than 27 % with just the flat rate ( for a married couple ).

At the time of Verilog's introduction ( 1984 ), Verilog represented a tremendous productivity improvement for circuit designers who were already using graphical schematic capture software and specially written software programs to document and simulate electronic circuits.

In other contexts, " classical theory " will have other meanings — if a current accepted theory is considered to be " modern ", and its introduction represented a major paradigm shift, then previous theory ( or new theories based on the older paradigm ) will often be referred to as " classical ".

Though below expectations, this nevertheless represented the second-largest launch for any new car brand to date, exceeded only by the Plymouth introduction in 1928.

Health can be replenished through the collection of health packs scattered around the game's levels, but the game's introduction of a regenerating shield mechanic represented a departure from FPS games of the time.

Stossel cites union work rules that discouraged the extra work that Stossel felt allowed employees to be creative, which he says represented his " first real introduction to the deals made by special interests ".

While the introduction of the mass-produced automobile represented a revolution in mobility and convenience, the modern consequences of heavy automotive use contribute to the use of non-renewable fuels, a dramatic increase in the rate of accidental death, social isolation, the disconnection of community, the rise in obesity, the generation of air & noise pollution, urban sprawl, and urban decay.

The introduction of Pan Am's 727s to the Berlin market represented a major step change because of the aircraft's ability to carry more passengers than any other contemporary aircraft type used by scheduled carriers in the short-haul Berlin market, and its ability to take off from and land on Tempelhof's short runways with a full commercial payload as only light fuel loads were required on the short internal German services.

Although philosophy has long been used in evaluation of religious claims ( e. g. Augustine and Pelagius's debate concerning original sin ), the rise of scholasticism in the 11th century, which represented " the search for order in intellectual life " ( Russell, 170 ), more fully integrated the Western philosophical tradition ( with the introduction of translations of Aristotle ) in religious study.

These included the introduction of the letter ё ( yo ) and the gradual loss of ( izhitsa, corresponding to the Greek upsilon and the Latin y ), in favor of и ( both of which represented ); and ( corresponding to the Greek theta ), in favor of ф or т.

He represented the industrial insurance companies in their negotiations with the Liberal government before the introduction of Lloyd George's National Insurance Bill in 1911, gaining valuable concessions for his clients.

During the early 1990s when the ALP and most social democratic parties internationally moved to the right, and after similar groups ( including British Militant ) were expelled or otherwise left social-democratic parties overseas, Militant left the ALP, as it " has played a key role in the introduction of neo-liberal policies and no longer has democratic structures that ensure workers interests are represented ".

There is a lengthy instrumental introduction to the first song, in which the cry of the curlew is represented by the cor anglais and the peewit by the flute.

The introduction of NHS foundation trusts represented a change in the history of the National Health Service and the way in which hospital services are managed and provided.

The dots also represented lottery balls, as the logo's introduction coincided with WNEV's acquisition of Lottery Live ( see below ).

Batgirl has officially been represented by four different characters-and two claimants-beginning with her introduction in 1961.

Apple did attempt to address this problem with the introduction of various object " suites ", which represented standard objects and verbs that were expected to be supported by different types of applications.

The Mondial t represented the most substantial upgrade to the Mondial model line in performance and handling since its introduction in 1980.

A slurry introduction mechanism deposits the slurry on the pad, this is represented by the slurry supply in Figure 1.

This is especially true for the three vowels ( e. g.: fume, moon ), ( e. g.: blood, sun ) and ( e. g.: look, put ) which are represented in English by only two symbols, oo and u. Spelling these phonemically cannot be done without resorting to unusual or novel letter combinations, diacritic marks, or the introduction of new letters.

The ad hoc usage of Chinese characters for sound dates to the introduction of Chinese characters to Japan, in the man ' yōgana – the same sound might be represented by many different characters, at the discretion of the author.

Apple had planned to retire the Apple II series after the introduction of the Apple III in 1980 ; after that machine turned out to be a disastrous failure, management decided the further continuation of the Apple II was in the company's best interest.

Further expansion took place in 1958 with the introduction of the 64-color pack that included the company's first crayon sharpener built into the box.

In 1997 a major overhaul programme, which involved a change of name, image and aircraft livery, as well as the introduction of online ticketing services, was carried out by the company's board.

Ironically, the war helped with the introduction of the company's newest product, Nescafé (" Nestlé's Coffee "), which became a staple drink of the US military.

Against these detractions, Renault's chairman, Georges Besse, continued to champion the French firm's future in the North American market ; pointing to the company's completion of the newest and most-advanced automotive assembly plant in North America, then known as Bramalea Assembly, as well as the recent introduction of the thoroughly modern, fuel-injected 4. 0 L and 2. 5 L engines.

The company's image and target market were quickly changed, marked particularly by the introduction in 1931 of the first Bedford truck, which was Chevrolet based, along with the low-cost two-litre Vauxhall Cadet.

A few years after the introduction of Kleenex, the company's head researcher tried to persuade the head of advertising to try to market the tissue for colds and hay fever.

He significantly strengthened Ford Motors ' overseas production, and he worked to modernize the company's cars, such as by the introduction of hydraulic brakes.

With the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy S mobile phone, the company's smartphone lineup was first place in terms of global sales figures for 2011.

Subsequent to its introduction the engine became known as the Kent engine because Alan Worters, the company's Executive Engineer ( Power Units ), lived across the river from Ford's Dagenham plant in the English county of Kent.

The 1980s saw the introduction of a policy to offer an engine fitment on a much wider range of civil aircraft types, with the company's engines now powering 17 different airliners ( and their variants ) compared to General Electric's 14 and Pratt & Whitney's 10.

Business began booming at B. F. Goodrich Company a few years after Goodrich's death with the company's introduction of a pneumatic tire that could bear the speeds and loads of the evolving automobile.

By July 2002, the chain had sold nearly fifty million of the sandwiches, eventually displacing the BK Broiler's initial launch figures as the company's best selling product introduction.

However, credit was given to Cantalupo for the company's recovery in the succeeding 12 months: " he devised a plan " which included " accelerating the introduction of healthier foods, such as salads ".

Due to several wrestlers from the company's women's division being released in late 2004 and the introduction of the Raw Diva Search program, Greenwald was mostly left off television, only occasionally appearing on Sunday Night Heat and Raw in losing efforts to the likes of Lita, Victoria, Trish Stratus, and Christy Hemme.

During 2009 Porsche made comprehensive changes to the 997 lineup which included small styling changes, increases in engine displacement across the board, the addition of direct injection and the introduction of the company's new " PDK " dual clutch transmission.

1928 saw the company's first 15 hp six ; 1929 saw the introduction of a 12 hp vehicle.

The company's rather staid image was endorsed during the 1930s by the introduction of a range of six-cylinder cars with ohv engines, though a four-cylinder 12 hp was kept in production until 1936.

The upcoming release of the Canon EOS M, the company's first MILC, will also see the introduction of another variation on the standard EF mount, called EF-M ( with the " M " presumably standing for " mirrorless ").

Under development before Daewoo's bankruptcy, the Kalos was the company's first new model introduction following its subsequent takeover by General Motors.

Mazda also developed a prototype Wankel engine under the limit, but its introduction was blocked by the company's larger competitors.

By January 2007, the number of workers enrolled in the company's health care plans increased by 8 %, which Walmart attributed to the introduction of less expensive insurance policies.

MS Project was the company's third Microsoft Windows-based application, and within a couple of years of its introduction it became the dominant PC-based project management software.