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LONDON— Paul Polman spent almost 30 years at U.S. consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble Co., but these days the 55-year-old Dutchman wears special-order cuff links flashing the logo of P&G's European rival: Unilever PLC.
For Unilever, U.S. Deficit Woes Create Tough Market Paul Sonne 2011
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The titles will also be available in the stores on a special-order basis only, as long as the books are shipped to a consumer's home.
Barnes & Noble Boots Some Graphic Novels Jeffrey A.Trachtenberg 2011
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It requires all kinds of shopping, ordering online, and stockpiling for several months, along with convincing a grocery shop to special-order.
Maria Rodale: Message From Montana Maria Rodale 2010
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In 2006, for instance, they clashed over the sluggish introduction of a computerized system for special-order sales.
Power Couple: Meet the Sister CEOs Joann S. Lublin 2011
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It requires all kinds of shopping, ordering online, and stockpiling for several months, along with convincing a grocery shop to special-order.
Maria Rodale: Message From Montana Maria Rodale 2010
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It requires all kinds of shopping, ordering online, and stockpiling for several months, along with convincing a grocery shop to special-order.
Maria Rodale: Message From Montana Maria Rodale 2010
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In place of trips to the Galápagos or Europe to foot the bill for, there have been new wheelchairs or a special-order brace.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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In place of trips to the Galápagos or Europe to foot the bill for, there have been new wheelchairs or a special-order brace.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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If you're lucky, you'll find the meat at a local farm or farmers' market, or you'll locate a butcher who can special-order it for you.
Get Your Goat On Katy McLaughlin 2012
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They felt sure it would be a crass production suitable only for a fairground—a suspicion that may have deepened upon delivery of the special-order cylindrical canvas, which measured 46 feet high and 395 feet in circumference.
A Physical Place of Enchanting Illusion Jonathan Lopez 2011
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