Somehow we suspect that, if any of these companies make a run at Microsoft, they're going to face a reaction that makes Apple's successful defense of the Tiger brand against Tiger Direct look meek by comparison.
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But it is a tiger, and so we gave him a tiger to go and come back for an hour.
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Chase Coleman is a Tiger Cub who went on to found hedge fund Tiger Global Management.
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Actually, a far greater threat to the tiger over most of its range is the hunters killing the tiger's food.
The first 2, 000 buyers will receive a special edition version with a laser-engraved tiger graphic reminiscent of the product's previous name, Blue Tiger.
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Also, last month leftist parties insisted on changes to new wildlife legislation that weakened a proposed new anti-poaching unit and conservation watchdog, the National Tiger Conservation Authority, that had been intended to be more powerful than Project Tiger.
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Chua refers to herself as a Tiger because according to the Chinese zodiac she was born in the Year of the Tiger.
He knew for certain that her purpose had not been to harm the tiger, that she had smiled knowingly at him when it became obvious that the tiger had escaped.
"The tiger is under a state of siege, " laments Ranjit Singh, head of the Tiger Conservation Program.
They were asking that Apple be enjoined from using the "Tiger" moniker to promote its new operating system (Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, natch) anywhere on its web site or in any new advertising, packaging or signage.
"Given the circumstances of the past 18 months, working through Tiger's scandal, a new coach and with it a major swing change and Tiger battling through injuries, I am very disappointed to end our very successful partnership at this time, " he added.
Exxon's cartoon tiger fell on leaner days in the 1980s, when the company started to favor a live tiger for its ad campaigns.
The 2014 British Open will be played at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake), where Tiger won in 2006, and the 2014 PGA Championship will be played at Valhalla, where Tiger won in 2000.
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At the time, Tiger Woods was tearing through the PGA Tour and for years had been the face of the blockbuster Tiger Woods PGA TOUR videogame from Electronic Arts.
When Tiger Woods notched his third PGA Tour win of the year in June, there were many who proclaimed that Tiger had returned to his perch as the No. 1 player in the world.
When Nicklaus was Tiger's age, 32 years and two months, he's won 47 tournaments, 16 fewer than Tiger.
It was the latter thought that drove him to pick up his bucket and press on to the smokehouse, partly because he wanted to warn the intruder about the tiger, partly because he was filled with a frantic, inexplicable jealousy at the thought of some drifters seeing his tiger first.
"Tiger's played great golf this year, " said McIlroy of his new Nike stablemate and 14-time major winner Tiger Woods.
Well, every time Tiger Woods plays, you have to watch because you're witnessing dominance and you feel as though, well, I've got to be able to tell my children and grandchildren who asked, yes, I saw Tiger Woods.
The injunction they call for would have Apple take down all "Tiger" references from its web site, advertisements, all promotional materials, boxes, manuals, and software, as well as issue a press release that basically says "we're very sorry we ever even thought of using the word 'Tiger' to describe our operating system, " and that the press do the same.
But those revelations misrepresent the primary focus of the book, which is to convey the experience of working with Woods as an instructor and to dissect what makes Tiger Tiger, primarily as a golfer, for better and for worse.
She has written more than 50 books for children and adults, including Moon Tiger.
The taxi driver was nearly hysterical, convinced I would be eaten by a tiger.
The last reported wild tiger sighting was in 2003, but leopards can still occasionally be seen.
Tiger sharks and the occasional great white and whale shark can be seen farther out to sea.
So do strange ones, like the Vigor poster that depicts a tiger with his fangs around a tire.
But Tiger has entered seven events this year, and has won four of them.
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And then Tiger Woods had his car accident and pretty much disappeared from sight.
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When Tiger Woods was a student, in the mid-nineties, not everyone knew who he was.
You know, he pricked at something that he knows that Tiger is very sensitive about.
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