The super malls and chain stores are fairly recent phenomena in the scheme of things.
Single-entity recognition might give credit-card networks and chain restaurants additional leverage over their employees and customers.
One proposes that the pore closes when a plug shaped like a ball and chain obstructs the hole.
Corrugated metal roofs sprout haphazardly above walls made of rock and chain-link fencing.
But there are house rules against certain topics: politics, softball and chain saws.
President Obama met with his national security team and chain of command for his regular update on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The coastal strip includes beaches and chain dunes, alternating with forests, centenary pine trees, and complex lagoon systems interconnected by the water-table.
BB-mounted systems, for instance, drive from the chain rings, meaning potential loss through the rings and chain, while also increasing wear on these components.
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Instead of driving to the ballpark, they tie a ball and chain to each foot and walk to work, because they're scrappy like that.
While many big companies, such as banks and chain stores, have gone bilingual, small businesses view the prospect of being forced down that road with horror.
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His first acts were to remove a picture of the British queen and send the mayor's robes and chain to a museum, saying the council needed a more mature identity.
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From New York style to Chicago's deep dish, from the rise of delivery and chain stores in the 1960s and '70s, to Wolfgang Puck and gourmet toppings in the '80s and '90s, everyone has added their own twist to pizza.
As a result, the industry growth clusters (aviation, specialized business services, life sciences, innovative manufacturing, and supply chain and logistics) have been gaining traction in our metro area.
Or, it may lead to the conclusion that the available dollars are better spent in tracking carbon through the supply chain (or that we need to go back and ask the CEO and CFO for more money to get an accurate view of our carbon footprint across both internal operations and the supply chain and how they affect each other).
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She recommends upgrading from the exposed-light-bulb-and-chain look and installing a simple orb fixture.
In the run up to Christmas, electricals retailer Comet collapsed and shoe chain Stead and Simpson announced it was closing 90 stores.
If you look at companies like NetGear and 2Wire, they were much more packaging and supply chain management and branding type of companies.
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Between November 2010 and January 2011, the teenagers attempted to buy these products from national and regional chain stores and theaters across the United States.
However, the advantage it has enjoyed as the most visible e-reader on the British high street will be undermined by recent moves by Amazon and US chain Barnes and Noble.
Yet with little pause for reflection, his reward has been a very lucrative continuing career, first as chief executive of Alliance Boots, the chemists' chain, and now in charge at Gala Coral, the leisure and bookmaker chain.
He convinced the company to spin off coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons and got some of his handpicked candidates on Wendy's board.
Similar reasoning was used by courts denying an injunction requested by the arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby and religious book-seller Mardel Inc.
So, Dr Wang concludes, it looks as though the ball-and-chain model is wrong and the rod model is right.
Pushed by Peltz and other activist shareholders, it spun off its Tim Hortons coffee-and-donuts chain and sold its unprofitable Baja Fresh Mexican Grill.
In addition to selling its own recharging station, Nokia said the US's Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf chain and Virgin Atlantic's Heathrow airport club lounge would fit equipment allowing visitors to power up the Lumia handsets, offering it fresh opportunities to promote the feature.
The mall, which opened in May and already attracts 1 million shoppers on weekends, is the crowning achievement of Sy's 60-year career in retailing that began with one small shoe store in Manila and now includes 26 other malls in the Philippines, four more in China, one in Guam and a chain of department stores and supermarkets.
Managing and maintaining an optimal harmony among what goes as input to the supply chain, what is made and how much goes as waste is critical to responsible supply chain and to good product stewardship.
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All I had in front of me was my ball-and-chain computer, or chores and kids.
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