Word: bitingly
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Reich's thesis is sound-bite simple: economic nationalism has become as outmoded as the typewriter. The dominance of globe-girdling corporations like IBM, Sony and Siemens has rendered America irrelevant in a traditional economic sense, along with all national borders. This "global web" (a favorite Reich phrase) means that today "a sports car is financed in Japan, designed in Italy, and assembled in Indiana." Thus it is folly to subsidize or even root for an American company against its Japanese or European competitors, since such national labels are just convenient fictions, like tankers flying the Panamanian flag. What matters...
...throw the enemy off balance by spreading fear, confusion and dismay. Says Lieut. General Charles Horner, commander of the combined air forces in the gulf war, who worked closely with the Army on the latest version of Field Manual 100-5: "The idea is to feed the enemy in bite-size chunks to the ground forces to devour...
...that a financial downturn has arrived, cabbies are feeling the backlash of that period of prosperity. "When the recession finally hit it really took a bite out of the industry," Anastasio says...
Given the difficulty of Rosovsky's proposal, Harvard--seeking to preserve a place for younger scholars--may find exception to the law impossible. Rather, the University may have to bite the bullet and make retirement more appealing...
Once again, the NCAA has taken a bite out of corruption. Once again, it hasn't gone far enough...