Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...case, Pan Am's move into jets will be a big factor in establishing U.S. commercial supremacy in jet transports. The only competitor has been Great Britain. But Britain's jet development has been so set back by the Comet's three crashes that cost 99 lives that even British Overseas Airways Corp. now may be forced to buy 707s or DC-8s to meet its competition across the Atlantic...
...accusation that football players are paid for their dramatics notwithstanding (the communists must translate every action into financial terms), it would seem a desire on the part of each hazy-minded competitor that there is a form of glory to be gained, whether physical or no, from bashing his guts and brains out in a more dashing manner than that of others on the field...
Nevertheless, Guyda feels that he has the material for a potentially good team. He cited Floyd Malloy as the sparkplug of an otherwise average squad. Malloy, a left fullback, is a tall, aggressive competitor, who plays an excellent offensive and defensive game and controls the ball skillfully. The right fullback spot will be held by either Larry Pratt or John Welsch, both dependable men on defense...
Curtis had other problems. Its TV Program Week, launched as a competitor to thriving TV Guide, folded after eight issues, at a heavy loss to the company. According to trade gossip, Curtis' new magazine, Bride-To-Be, first published in July, has been left waiting at the church although Curtis Vice President Benjamin Allen said last week: "For a quarterly, it is going pretty well." Though Curtis lifted its gross 2% to $90,650,000 for the first half of 1955, its net profit tumbled 33% to $2,500,000. The drop, explained Curtis, was caused by heavier outlays...
There are too many businessmen, said Randall before the 81st annual meeting of the American Bankers Association, who "boast of free enterprise" while they "sabotage the competitive system." The "man who makes the discreet telephone call to a competitor before he puts in the new price is asking for the nationalization, the socialization that he so abhors...