Will Honeybourne, a First Reserve managing director in Houston who helped spearhead the deal--and beat out rival buyout shop Candover--notes that Abbot's rig-building and operating subsidiaries Bentec and KCA Deutag are particularly strong in Russia, West Africa, the Middle East and Libya.
All eyes are on batsmen but of those topping the wicket table only Warwickshire - who Surrey beat in a controversial bowl-out after a tie in the quarter-final - are not in the final four.
The Mets made some cuts Friday: Non-roster pitcher Scott Rice beat out Robert Carson as the second left-hander in the bullpen to make his first major league roster in his 15th professional season.
That beat out same-day wonders without pre-game legs, according to Director of Product Greg Cypes.
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The physical setting, usually urban, can be spare, maybe a bit beat-up, something out of a Raymond Chandler novel.
In September, former cable entrepreneur Ned Lamont managed to beat out three-term senator and former vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman to win the Democratic nomination for one of Connecticut's Senate seats.
Now that the world has gone digital and online, people who want to watch a game that is blacked-out on television no longer beat-down the doors of the cable operators, the leagues, Congress or the Federal Communications Commission.
Elsewhere, Catania beat Atalanta 2-1, Geno drew 1-1 with Parma, Torino and Udinese played out a goalless draw while Pescara beat ten-man Palermo 1-0 thanks to a late strike from Wladimir Weiss.
Of course, that's under "ideal" circumstances, but even in subpar situations, the range should still beat out existing short-range alternatives.
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The Blues forward found himself with just Duke to beat but from 18-yards out he shot tamely at the Hull keeper.
The rat-turns-chef movie beat out "Persepolis, " based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, and "Surf's Up, " a computer-animated film about penguins.
In 1989 Dow's materials-engineering center beat out GE for the chance to build, using plastics, a riding lawn mower for John Deere.
In 1989 Dow's materials-engineering center beat out General Electric for the chance to build, using plastics, a riding lawn mower for John Deere.
It is impossible to forecast the performance of those deals, but they will not be hard-pressed to beat out their precursors from challenging 2011.
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Wozniak, who beat out former Go-Go's lead singer Belinda Carlisle after a dance-off in an earlier round, kept his smile throughout the storm of criticism.
Paul Hartley tried to haul the home side back into the game, but goalkeeper Graeme Smith beat out his free-kick and dived on the loose ball with several attackers waiting to pounce.
Reinhart, a former Motorola executive, was on the losing side of the processor wars in the 1980s and 1990s as he watched Intel's industry-standard chips beat out companies selling incompatible chips, like Sun Microsystems, ibm and Digital Equipment.
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In league with the rocket is the 17-foot hideous-yet-endearing troll under the Aurora Bridge, as is the raucous Summer Solstice Parade in all its stilted, puppet bearing, naked cyclist glory that drums to the beat of its own whacked-out marching band.
To be sure there are bad actors (although very small in numbers), and there are quite a few good-but-not-amazing prepaid products (which still beat out a checking account with overdraft on an average use-case).
No matter, the Amaze 4G's 1GB of RAM and dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S3 CPU handily beat out any further OEM embellishments or flashy plum-colored finishes.
The all-electric Nissan Leaf beat out 39 competitors to claim the title, 2011 World Car of the Year.
This year, 17-year-old Viviana Risco beat out 39 other finalists in the prestigious high school competition, sometimes called the junior Nobel Prize.
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Phelps plunked two consecutive batters with pitches, forcing in a run, and Barnes beat out a potential double-play grounder to drive in another.
Phelps plunked two consecutive batters with pitches, forcing in a run, and Brandon Barnes beat out a potential double-play grounder to drive in another.
The F-35 contract Lockheed beat out Boeing ( BA) for almost a decade ago is so huge because the government opted to make just one basic aircraft design serve all branches.
During her 27 years at CNN, Moos has covered national and international issues and ground-breaking news and features, but she soon carved out a niche with her off-beat, thoughtful reporting on the quirkier aspects of life.
That beat out Treasurys, the second-best performer, with a 9.3% return.
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She beat out a handful of A-list well-known Chinese actresses...
He was head of the CNAIC for 33 years, before ceding the post to Jeffrey two years ago. (Jeffrey beat out food tycoon Kao Chin-yen of the President Group for the job.) Chen-fu is also chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, the semi-official organization that handles cross-strait negotiations.
Beam also beat analyst estimates last week with a blow-out quarter.
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