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De Long realized that the winds and prevailing currents had been funneling their floe piece down into the narrow channel that separated Novaya Sibir and Faddeyevsky. Though trapped all this time, they had in fact made fair progress.
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Ivar seemed to have memorized the assets, liabilities, income, and expenses of every one of his subsidiaries, quarter by quarter. He could recite those numbers from memory.
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When Avery took over leadership of Crown, he found that the new PET bottles were making big inroads into the market for soft drink containers. Product changeover costs in plastics were much lower than in metal containers, so the basis of Crown’s traditional advantage was eroding.
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According to Ivar, by 1932 he had 225 subsidiaries. He had operations in every civilized country except Russia, and he manufactured three-quarters of the world’s matches. Ivar had secured match monopolies in twenty-four countries. During seven years, he had loaned almost 300 million dollars to European governments. Ivar’s loans had helped borrower
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“The colder temperatures predicted can change the O-ring material from a hard sponge to something more like a brick.” When Roger finished, Arnie Thompson