And PSV were furious when Stam alleged in his autobiography that he had been tapped up by Ferguson.
They are being tapped to talk up just about everything, from movies to milk and motor oil--and they do it for free.
The company also signed up PepsiCo, which in 1997 tapped Purfresh to disinfect bottled water.
President Barack Obama tapped Warren to set up the new Consumer Protection Finance Bureau, but Republicans blocked efforts to make her its first director.
But the production team at Club Penguin picked up on the noise, and tapped into the playerbase to forge what has been their most successful event to date.
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The team's regular backup, Josh Harding, would take the ice instead, but the guy the team had tapped to back him up, a minor-leaguer named Matt Hackett, had to catch a flight from Houston.
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Stern is not the only billionaire big shot investor who tapped the cheap money being offered up by the Fed.
Ramping up renewables would make more sense if Germany tapped into sunnier and windier parts of Europe, which requires a pan-European electricity grid.
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Bank of America gained 5%, Goldman Sachs rallied 3.3% and JPMorgan Chase, which tapped executive Craig Delany to head up its CIO unit that was home to billions in trading losses earlier this year, added 4.3%.
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However, Barca were rampant and Seydou Keita hit an unstoppable fourth before Xavi tapped in late on to wrap it up.
So, like a good Stanford alumnus, he tapped out a business plan and lined up financing from the likes of Intel Corp. and Digital Equipment Corp. cofounder Gordon Bell.
Still, the show attracted quite a following because it tapped into the great American fantasy: starting up a business that just might succeed.
The subspecies of cicadas known as Brood X has been underground for the last 17 years, tapped into tree roots, feeding and fattening up.
Each of these brands is a winner because each has tapped into some essential consumer desire and come up with a genuinely useful or convenient response.
According to Gerber, the interest shown by Kar, Palmer and their peers indicates that Gen Y Capital Partners has tapped into a gap in the start-up accelerator market.
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Whereas most continental power providers, often state-backed, tied in supplies through long-term contracts (notably with Russia), British firms happily tapped the North Sea and planned to top up as necessary on the open market.
Ballack was dismissed after picking up a second yellow for a lunge on Tevez before Bellamy tapped home unmarked at the far post after 87 minutes following a low pass across goal from Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Realizing that paying interest rates of up to 17.5% risked making Incepta uncompetitive, Abdul tapped Islamic finance.
Card coverage tends to be secondary, meaning that if the renter has any other applicable insurance it must be tapped first to pay for damages, with the card picking up deductibles and extras like towing.
They also tapped friends of friends in the rural village of Baan Chang to set up operations for the company.
Mr Rajoelina, who has successfully tapped into widespread frustration with the government, has said he would set up a transitional administration unless the president steps down.
When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.
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The company also signed up PepsiCo (nyse: PEP - news - people ), which in 1997 tapped Purfresh to disinfect bottled water.
Riza's role in setting up the Alliance was intertwined at least briefly in early 2005 with Giandomenico Picco, whom Annan also tapped as a link between the old Dialogue and the new Alliance.
As the Obama administration begins to staff up, it is especially disquieting to see how many of the figures named in this paper are being tapped for important jobs where they will deal directly with Iran and other critical Middle East issues.
Apple agrees, and it turns out that they were responsible for the removal of the Hottest Girls app after all, contrary to a statement by its developer that the app had tapped out his server which supposedly forced him to ask Apple to pull it while he ramped up capacity.
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Since so many small banks have now tapped LTRO, hopes are rising that as well as slowing the pace of bank deleveraging and propping up sovereign-bond markets, the liquidity may encourage new lending to the real economy.
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