Word: competitors
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Perhaps the most conspicuous loser so far in the Star Wars sweepstakes is AT&T, which has been eager to help develop a battle-management computer system. Says an official at a competitor company: "AT&T can't buy a contract. They've done everything short of camping out at the door of the SDI office." Admits an AT&T executive: "It's important to us. There's a lot of pressure on us from the chairman to get involved in this, but so far it's been disappointing." Industry analysts speculate that AT&T has done poorly...
Although Chung admitted to being a tad high-strung until yesterday, she appeared calm when she took the stage as the final competitor to play for the three judges and several hundred fans...
Lastly, think of what it did to Pepsi's advertising budget; first forcing the Coke competitor to abandon its highly succesful "new generation" campaign featuring Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie to rush out a new ad proclaiming the death of Coke, and now forcing Pepsi to cancel such advertising with the return of Classic Coke...
...ever competed for. The soccer team has consistently advanced to the national playoffs. The sailing, squash, and track squads look to be favorites to cop Ivy crowns, as usual. And the lightweight crew is so far ahead of the rest of the pack that it can't find a competitor capable of testing...
...language programming, and more than 100 others broadcast at least some foreign-language shows. Twelve are affiliates of SIN, the prospering Spanish-language network that also beams its programming to 325 cable systems and twelve low-power TV stations. Three more are members of NetSpan, a year-old SIN competitor...