Word: besting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...immediate legal problem can be seen in an analogy to gas stations. Say the stations with the best gas in town all decide on gas prices, and also on the discount they give preferred (even "needy") customers. Further, the practice raises the question of whether the service station owners fix the wages of their attendants, or the price for accessories like windshield wipers. The practice may benefit customers and workers; it may not. But it is clearly illegal...
...past--not the commisioner, not free agents, and not the owners--rules baseball. This way, baseball's best traditions can flourish. Defeatism. Self-deprecation. It's all part of what makes baseball the great American game...
...best in the field, and it breaks our heart," said J. Mark Ramseyer, an acting professor at UCLA's School of Law. "But he hasn't accepted...
...into computers to reduce its reliance on TVs, a business that low-cost foreign producers were beginning to dominate. The company bought the electronics-kit maker Heath in 1979 and expanded the division to include a line of laptop computers. Zenith's machines are now among the world's best sellers, bringing in about 60% of the company's revenues of $2.7 billion. With this deal, Bull will become the largest European-based computer maker...
...narrow-minded scrambling to see who gets what piece of the pie." However, the current budget crisis, plus resistance to socialized medicine, makes that prospect a far-off solution. In the short run, a combination of public- and private- sector responsibility, translated into cash, seems to offer the best hope for coping with this ongoing human crisis...