The purchase of Pennzoil thrusts Shell into a "very competitive, very tough business," said Kate Warne, an analyst with the brokerage house Edward Jones.
Microsoft hardware projects have three thrusts (supposing the Nokia purchase goes through as expected): smartphones, consoles and tablets.
He would become one of the richest men in American, and was thrust into the spotlight when he purchased the Minnesota Twins in 1984.
The main thrust of the sanctions is against military purchases, trade and financial transactions carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which controls the nuclear program and has taken a more central role in running the country and the economy.
He writes: Remembering them, the innocent dead, I must thrust a dagger calmly Into my eyes Must purchase with blindness Clarity of the brain For that bone-devouring memory Is best expressed By refusal.
The purchase of Scudder, which has $278 billion in assets under management, thrusts Deutsche Bank into a much larger role as a money manager.
Like Mr. Pillsbury, Mr. Lee recently managed to thrust the Kimbell into the center of the art world through his careful engineering of a major purchase, "The Torment of Saint Anthony," a painting by young Michelangelo.
The camera lights immediately flare again, lenses zooming in on the blushing kid, who thrusts a freshly purchased DVD under White's nose.
Thrust stages aren't, well, thrusting.
That thrust is everything.
