Carmakers quickly refocused their manufacturing efforts towards so-called crossover vehicles or compact sports utility vehicles (SUVs) which combine the looks and high-riding positions of full-size SUVs with the better handling, the lower carbon dioxide emissions and the improved fuel economy of ordinary cars.
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But the terms of Kogan's contract, drawn up in 1989 when Schering-Plough was riding high, were legally binding.
Consider that Leach never played football (except for one, bench-riding year in high school) and that he wears Hawaiian shirts and flipflops .
With his team riding high at 6-2, he benched star quarterback Alex Smith in favor of Colin Kaepernick, an untested and largely unknown second-year pro.
The high-frequency trading boom he was riding had roots there with people who traded at the exchanges, now CME Group and the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
Given in particular the U.S. military's burgeoning demand for secure, global high-bandwidth, there is much riding on this decision, for America's strategic interests as well as its economic competitiveness in the 21st Century.
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They come in riding high expectations for pro-business, pro-growth policies--and inevitably disappoint investors as they drift away from their power base.
Reading played with confidence and were riding high after a seven-game unbeaten run that included victory at Everton in the previous round.
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Riding high on its previously-introduced sister products -- the Handheld PC and Palm PC platforms, now dead and transformed into Windows Mobile, respectively -- Microsoft's Auto PC initiative was promised to herald a revolution for in-car entertainment and productivity.
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Kozmo is a cool idea, and may have even looked like a good company back when everyone was riding the dot-com high, but it just doesn't hold up in the real world.
To them, it is entirely understandable that low-risk things like alar, cyclamates and nuclear power are feared or banned, while hazardous activities like riding a bicycle, eating a high-fat diet and driving at night are as prevalent as ever.
Female desirability begins to be constructed in terms of irrational fashion and the high heel - once separated from its original function of horseback riding - becomes a primary example of impractical dress.
Figures from the Organization for the Economic Co-operation and Development show that France is riding high in the top ten of the most productive European countries.
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (DECK) is riding high today, after the company boosted its fourth-quarter guidance due to a surge in popularity for its UGG brand footwear.
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On day three, after about 60km of riding, we crossed the 3, 900m-high Tosor Pass, where a sheer cliff of ice and snow gave way to a narrow corridor with the shimmering Kerege-Tash Valley below.
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In Ginza, Tokyo's high-end shopping district, a group of 34 tourists from Sweden was riding a large tour bus after shopping on a recent afternoon.
This includes high speed racing, performing hand brake turns in car parks, or off-road riding on motorbikes.
While Baidu has been riding high for quite some time, Yandex is a relative new-comer to the leader board.
Cephalon is riding high on the prospects for Provigil, Sparlon and Nuvigil, a stay-awake drug that is effective for ten hours, compared with Provigil's six.
The midfielder - suspended until Monday - may have called his team a "sinking ship" but they were riding high after just eight minutes.
But the company is riding high on computer giant Compaq's decision to use Creative's second-generation digital video disk upgrade kit in its new PC lines.
The 27-year-old has had an excellent season at Wigan, with Paul Jewell's outsiders riding high in the Premiership and reaching the Carling Cup final, with Teale's role in their success bringing him into Smith's international plans.
In particular, a number who said they only wore helmets when riding fast or in traffic doubted if helmets would provide them any protection in the sort of high-speed or heavy-traffic situations that were prompting their use.
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