Word: competitor
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...definition, a video game immerses the player in a make-believe worlds, but the work of a professional gamer is hardly child's play. The international competitor must have the focus of a Buddhist monk and the hand-eye coordination of a neurosurgeon in order to defeat rival combatants in contests that typically last about 20 minutes. During that time, a gamer's heart rate can race to 160 beats per minute (equivalent to that of pro basketball player), while both hands work the mouse and keyboard at speeds of about 500 clicks per minute. They may be sitting down...
...TIME and elsewhere, for brilliantly formulating JetBlue's strategy and getting it off the ground. You'd be surprised how easy it is to start an airline in the U.S. (Unless your name is Virgin America and the industry freaks about the prospect of a Richard Branson-linked competitor entering the domestic industry.) There are plenty of planes to lease, and loads of pilots to fly them. And that's exactly why hundreds of airline start ups have sprung to life and augered in since the industry was deregulated...
Brown looks like it will indeed be Harvard’s main competitor for the overall title, with its only dual race loss this season coming from the Crimson on a very rough Charles River. On a calmer day, on water that is less familiar to both teams, it’s all to play for the Bears...
...uniquely vulnerable and volatile--even "the latest darling of the industry, JetBlue." "Are we worse run than automobiles? Than the steel companies?" asks Grinstein. "Bob Crandall [former American Airlines CEO] used to say the difficulty in this industry is that you're at the mercy of your dumbest competitor." Airline executives, he says, "do a remarkable job in adapting to passenger demand and repositioning their companies and keeping them going in the face of challenges that a lot of industries never have to face...
...undergraduates cheered on their alumna during the bake-off, invoking sacred Harvard rivalries to encourage their home competitor...