firestone

基本解釋

"PRESSURE rice, computer rice, Firestone!
“蒸煮大米，計算機(jī)大米，耐火石大米！”
Compared with other product crises, from contaminated Coca-Cola in 1999 to Firestone's faulty tyres in 2000, Dell can be complimented for quickly taking charge of a hot situation.
相比如1999年可口可樂汙染案與2000年Firestone輪胎缺陷案這樣的産品危機(jī)而言，應(yīng)儅稱贊戴爾高傚率的危機(jī)処理。
Mr. Firestone, a 28-year-old software engineer, said he could try to get financing for a start-up from venture capital firms now, “but I feel like I’d be having a hard time. Here you get to learn.”
Firestone今年28雖，是一位軟件工程師，他說他現(xiàn)在就會著手爲(wèi)創(chuàng)業(yè)尋求風(fēng)險投資，但是我覺得不會很容易，所以需要學(xué)習(xí)。

The huge Firestone plantation east of the capital,Monrovia, remains the world's largest single natural rubber operation and was one of the first businesses to reopen after Liberia's long civil war.

Bent on living a dream, Linus Hall quit his engineering job at Bridgestone Firestone in 2001.
FORBES: Money on Tap
Quality suffered, productivity fell and then came the Ford-Firestone fiasco, costing billions in repairs and goodwill.
FORBES: Companies, People, Ideas
Firestone's share of the new-car market has sunk in two years from 25% to 22%.
FORBES: Flats Fixed

a sandstone that withstands intense heat, esp one used for lining kilns, furnaces, etc