But otherwise, the Olympic media-blitz let-down is in full bloom.
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Having launched an all-out blitz on the high-end of US smartphones, Samsung must be eager to conquer the mid-range as well.
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It really doesn't take a keen eye for news these days to spot the all-out PR blitz by team Blu-ray to convince the masses that the format war is over and Blu-ray has won.
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Zynga is planning a cross-media blitz for the game which includes a full-fledged sequel and not one but TWO TV shows.
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SEATTLE-December 17, 2012-Rhapsody continues its blitz of new product rollouts with the launch of Rhapsody for iPad and iPad Mini, including an extended risk-free trial to enjoy unlimited music through the holidays.
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That completed the Irish's two-week blitz of the Great Lakes State, combined with last week's 20-3 throttling of Michigan State.
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Starting this fall Sylvania plans a blitz of in-store displays, as well as TV and print ads and joint programs with Energy Star, which is a collaboration between the EPA and the Department of Energy.
Nearly a month has passed since the Roman Catholic Church elected its first leader from Latin America and the international media has been treated to a whirlwind blitz of eye-catching tales and images.
"I don't believe in the chupacabra, " Ayer said, adding that he's been in the midst of a "media blitz" -- receiving 50 phone calls from media outlets and citizens, as well as death threats late at night -- since word got out about the strange beast.
Investors also were spooked by GM's sales-incentive blitz in January and February, which could temper the auto maker's first-quarter earnings.
Miami used a 31-6 run in the first half to erase the deficit, and a 26-5 blitz in the second half finished the job.
Unfortunately for Bangladesh, who knocked India out of the 2007 World Cup, that wicket brought Yuvraj to the crease and proved the catalyst for India's run-blitz.
This, though, is used as a counterpoint to a flashback showing a young Margaret in another grocers shop - her father's - sheltering under a table during the Blitz.
Organisers want 10, 000 schools, businesses and community groups across England to get involved in the month-long blitz.
Vassilenko says his office planned the public-relations blitz in conjunction with President Nazabayev's recent trip to the United States.
Of course, in Blitz, scores of 75-69 are not all that uncommon.
Hull responded with a neatly taken try for Steve Collins try, but the home side instantly hit back with their devastating three-try blitz.
But the turning point came when England lost possession from the restart after Barkley's second penalty and the All Blacks hit them with a 20-point blitz.
And everyone crunches player and team data daily to better inform their decisions on everything from the draft to whether to blitz Tom Brady on second-and-short in the third quarter when it's windy.
"A clothing store's fall fashion lineup e-mail blitz is basically indistinguishable from spam, both for the technology providers and the customer, " says Scott Petry, founder of Postini, an e-mail security management provider in Redwood City, Calif.
And despite coming back from going 8-0 down after Deacon's goal and Vainikolo's first try on 18 minutes, Saints made a host of errors and had no answer to Bradford's five-try blitz in the closing 13 minutes.
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In short if all goes according to plan, it will follow the same roadmap of every other product Salesforce.com has introduced from its flagship software-as-a-service CRM platform to Force.com: well-made, well-researched product, exuberant introduction by CEO Marc Benioff, media blitz, followed by new corporate supporters.
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Despite a Twilight-themed media blitz in 2009, BK Burger Shots have disappeared from the Burger King menu.
Writer-director Jeffrey Blitz ("Spellbound") isn't going to win any prizes for originality, even if it's true that this plaintive comedy about a stammerer recruited onto the debate team is based on personal experience.
All of his hits were made at a time when technology was either very basic (as in the case of Smash TV and NBA Jam) or just beginning to evolve (as in the case of the three-dimensional NFL Blitz).
In addition to a multi-million dollar advertising blitz spanning television, print, radio and online, a stellar array of allies has joined forces with Paramount Home Entertainment to transmit the AUTOBOTS' message to all inhabitants of the globe.
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Meanwhile, the new drugs' makers already are plotting a U.S. marketing blitz that will be one of the biggest--and fiercest--in pharmaceutical history.
"I don't know if it's because people are paying more attention to their feet now, " says Neal Blitz, chief of foot surgery at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center.
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Contestabile explains that iOS and Facebook are the two most popular platforms for Bejeweled Blitz, with iOS driving more than double the engagement of Facebook gameplay. iOS users play an average of 52 one-minute games of Bejeweled Blitz per day.
And, although Palladino responded by accounting for Craig Kieswetter, caught at deep mid-wicket, Trescothick continued to blitz the Essex attack.
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