firestone

基本解释

"PRESSURE rice, computer rice, Firestone!
“蒸煮大米，计算机大米，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年可口可乐污染案与2000年Firestone轮胎缺陷案这样的产品危机而言，应当称赞戴尔高效率的危机处理。
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虽，是一位软件工程师，他说他现在就会着手为创业寻求风险投资，但是我觉得不会很容易，所以需要学习。

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