In the late 1970s, S. Daniel Abraham shook up the weight-loss industry with his Slim-Fast nutrition drinks.
Next come slim-hole wells, which help determine the economic viability of a project and define indicated resources.
They didn't have a strict meal plan or detailed exercise routine, and devised their own slim-down plan.
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Abraham introduced his first diet product in the late 1950s--Slim-Mint gum, a benzocaine-based product that allegedly quelled hunger.
The likelihood of anyone else receiving a similar gesture is slim -- who'd want to spoil the originality?
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North American sales of Unilever's Slim-Fast shakes dropped 21% last year as dieters chose to cut carbohydrates instead.
On the down side, Slim-Fast landed dead last in satisfaction scores when Consumer Reports recently graded do-it-yourself diet plans.
For Democrats, it is a chance -- although slim -- to regain control of the Senate for the first time in three congresses.
The NB4530A Sound Bar has a slim design with a black and silver finish, making it the ideal complement to today's slim-profile premium TVs.
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But he has since converted to flat-front pants after a salesperson convinced him to try a slim-fitting suit with flat-front pants two years ago.
Under the terms of a deal reached Saturday, Verizon will buy 43.4 million shares of MCI from various Slim-controlled entities, taking control of 13.4% of the company.
The new model was developed to embody this brand concept, using Casio's years of experience creating technologies for shock resistance, waterproofing and slim-line design.
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The EX-G1 is designed with shock-resistant elements throughout the camera, both inside and out, creating a smart look in a slim-line camera with functional beauty.
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It's hard not to like new-school tech named after old-school instruments, and so Logitech's ( Slim-developed) Squeezebox lineup has at least that going for it.
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But the Manhattan-based retailer and designer, who also owns a showroom that handles worldwide sales for newer labels, is as unassuming as one of his slim-fitting, no-tuck-necessary shirts.
Where the silhouette of the Virgin is an upside-down V, rooting her to earth, the slim-hipped, broad-shouldered bullfighter is an upright V, opening to the sun and sky.
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While a big-short position often indicates a stock that's poised to tumble, a slim-short position can suggest an opportunity, since few people anticipate a decline in that stock.
The Republicans entered the election with a slight majority, and emerged with one even more slim -- the smallest since the GOP had a 10-seat margin in 1952.
He was also wearing black slim-fit jeans and black trainers.
Of the two, the R840's slim-down is more dramatic: it's 25 percent thinner than the last-generation Tecra M11, as you can see in the comparison shots past the break.
" Ms. Rath also recommends choosing a slim-fit pleated pant which will reflect some of the new looks on the runway while sticking safely close to "the overall trim menswear silhouette.
At Nike, the brand's third collaboration with Japanese designer Jun Takahashi has yielded a high-tech running jacket in which the super-ventilated hood and arms can be zipped out of the slim-fitting body.
Analogue Interactive -- the same company that brought you the Neo Geo CMVS Slim -- is introducing a new service today for those (read: collectors) with money to burn, dubbed Black Label.
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Each leather hide is hand-stitched, the seats are slim-lined and scalloped for maximum comfort, and the car uses acoustic glazing, under-floor shields and hidden anti-vibration panels throughout the interior to suppress all unwanted noise.
As Slim-Fast drinkers slimmed down, Abraham's wallet fattened.
Meanwhile Slim-Fast, unlike its shakes, looks particularly appealing.
It seems like only yesterday when Dodgers baseball coach Tommy Lasorda was hawking Slim-Fast, along with Whoopie Goldberg (until she was dropped in 2004 for making off-color jokes about George W. Bush) and model Rachel Hunter.
Slim-controlled companies, most of them cobbled together into two main holding companies, Grupo Carso and Grupo Financiero Inbursa, account for half of the combined market cap of Mexico's benchmark stock index, the 35-stock Indice de Precios y Cotizaciones.
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