"The good thing is, we're not poles apart in brand imagery and there's no overlap between our vehicles, " points out Pawan Goenka, the ex-GM executive who heads Mahindra's auto and farm-equipment business and now chairs SsangYong.

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Now, once we get past the two poles of this debate, it becomes possible to shape a practical, common-sense approach that reflects our heritage and our values.

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"We consciously said we were counterprogramming the tent poles, but to have it work as well as it did is amazing, " said Richard Fay, Lions Gate's president of domestic distribution.

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"It requires a real vision and acceptance that this strategic partnership is the only alternative to a world in which we break up into different poles of power, acting as rivals to one another, with every single dispute in the world being played off against these different poles of power, " he said.

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Together that day and in the days that followed, we waded into the water with our fishing poles and a spear Achor Achor had carved himself.

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We know that vast shelves of ice are melting at the poles.

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"We can go to the retailers, give them better margins on poles and package them with skis and our outerwear, " says Heckmann.

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On the contrary, we tried an experiment towards the overall vision and then brought everyone there to experience the tension between the two poles of an inspiring vision and an interesting experiment.

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