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xvi A second try at the vodka market, this time through a British businessman who took the Kalashnikov name up-market with a brand to compete with Grey Goose, flopped, too.

The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

Kingfisher and India's other up-market airlines also have suffered from the rise of low-fare carriers in the past few years.

Lessors Set to Grab Kingfisher Planes Daniel Michaels 2011

It inhabits the ground floor of an 18th-century townhouse, and stays true to the up-market, old-worldly beauty of Tetbury.

Independent bookshops in south-west of the UK 2011

Suspected cartel members torched an up-market Monterrey casino in late August, killing 52 people in one of the worst atrocities of the drugs war.

Tijuana violence slows as one cartel takes control Reuters 2011

Yet it was essentially unfair to offer public employees the rewards of an up-market with no risk.

John Mirisch: Shades of Brown: Cities and the Governor's Pension Reforms (Part 1) John Mirisch 2011

Desperate to make a profit, these smaller operators turned their eyes up-market.

Inder Sidhu: The Steelers and Packers Win With Defense -- What About Your Company? Inder Sidhu 2011

Despite its move up-market, ZTE is far from abandoning its heritage as a feature phone maker.

Chinese Handset Maker ZTE to Make North American Push Shayndi Raice 2011

So we gathered five up-market brands that tout really good chocolate and promise an artisan hand or better flavor than regular boxed-mix brands on the baking aisle.

Taste Test: Fancy brownie mixes 2011

Desperate to make a profit, these smaller operators turned their eyes up-market.

Inder Sidhu: The Steelers and Packers Win With Defense -- What About Your Company? Inder Sidhu 2011

Per-Anders Pettersson For The Wall Street Journal A young woman tried on a pair of red Prada sunglasses at an up-market clothing shop for women in Addis Ababa on Nov. 13, 2010.

China's Influence in Ethiopia 2011