Anheuser-Busch Inbev is one of FIFA's eight "second-tier" World Cup sponsors, giving it exclusive sales rights.
Johnson, 40, will first have to work his way through regional circuits to try to qualify for the top-tier World Cup.
Felipe Massa in 10th spot was the leading KERS-class runner, igniting fears of a three-tier world championship over the first four races until rivals can catch up with the "D-class [for diffuser]" cars when the circus returns to Europe for the Spanish GP in May.
Earlier Thursday, a former FIFA ticketing partner made allegations about selling top-tier World Cup tickets at three times face value.
Mariano Rivera, the Yankees' virtually perfect relief right-hander, who has been their closer throughout their three-tiered World Series reign and who -- who else? -- is now closing this Thanksgiving column.
It was written at a time when people believed the world was flat and that the earth was in the middle of a three-tiered world with heaven above and hell below.
At 200 MB and 2 GB, T-Mobile's smartphone data tiers look familiar, but the No Overage gimmick gives customers the best of both worlds: tiered data pricing and unfettered usage.
I show that the multiple coal worlds are neither tiered in a hierarchical manner, nor'parallel' in the sense of dualism implied in a simplified formal-informal dichotomy.
Criminal gangs that have sprung from the remnants of right-wing paramilitary groups have also gone into mining.Officially Colombia is in the second tier of world gold producers, with an output of 48 tonnes in 2009.
There was just the pitch, and the relentless match itself, incredibly tense but also exasperating, as each team displayed strengths but also the weaknesses that have kept them confined to the second tier of world soccer powers, and, year after year, driven their fans crazy.
In May, Georgia won the second-tier nations' World Rugby Under-20 Trophy for the first time, earning a place among the major nations at next year's World Under-20 Championship and further fuelling a sense of optimism about the national team's future.
