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Under CEO Alan Questrom, the company addressed these problems by attempting to increase its inventory turns (the number of times a year that goods turned over in its stores) and reduce its exposure to losses from excess inventories.
The New York Times points out that, unlike the previous go-round with Iraq last winter, neither Russia nor France is currently attempting to find a diplomatic way out for Hussein.
Too many people, we regret to report, are attempting to read Slate without the proper equipment.
Smith slyly echoes Scorsese's film when Rickman's Voice of God, attempting to convert the reluctant Bethany to his cause, explains that Jesus didn't take it any better when told of the painful destiny that awaited him: "I had to deliver the news to a scared child who only wanted to play with other children."
A major portion of the analysis describes the steps the Commission took in attempting to determine the number of small entities affected by the rule based on