The energy drink brand promotes its Monster Energy Girls at events. Coca-Cola has agreed to swap some brands and buy a 17% stake in Monster Beverage Corp. for about $2.15 billion, increasing its bet on the burgeoning energy-drink market. The move is part of a deal that will include the transfer of Coca-Cola's energy drinks NOS, Full Throttle, Burn, Mother and Play to Monster, according to a statement.
Reconstruction was successfeul in some ways, and not in others. In the lives of slaves, Reconstruction was not very successful, although it freed slaves, it did not provide them with the proper political equality they had hoped. States passed black codes which were aimed at limiting black political equality.
A far wider section of society now benefits from a good education than would have been true in the immediate postwar period. As acknowledged in the 2014 report from the chief inspector of schools, there is much to applaud. Unfortunately the success of the majority is not the complete picture. If most children succeed in realising their potential, some do not. If most schools continue to improve, a minority appear stuck in mediocrity.