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In the wake of the horror show that was Russell Martin's time in the job, they needed someone the fans wanted to get behind, a guy with presence and who they could believe in.

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“Nostalgia for the British Mandate in Palestine is the only part of imperial memory that the left can get behind.”

Thomas got behind the pulpit for the first time when he was 13.

The coffee giant’s profit was in a fragile place, he said, and everyone needed to get behind Niccol’s hospitality strategy—or lose more business to rivals like Luckin.

“When the execution is off, you get behind and you come in zone and you’re just more likely to take on damage. So it’s kind of that imperfect storm in a lot of ways.”

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