Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Healy called American's application "the most thorough, the most conservative, and the most realistic approach to financing the system" of the three competitor...
...network that is being acquired by Capital Cities Communications is hardly in dire straits. Since the mid-1970s, when it vaulted from last to first in the prime-time ratings, ABC has proved to be a skilled and tenacious competitor. "I think their problems have been overstated," says Fred Silverman, who ran the network's programming department during its boom years of the 1970s. "My guess is that ABC's performance at this point is a temporary blip. You'll see them bounce back...
...work, smuggling in actual information under the guise of normal journalism. Thus the use of soft-spoken (mousy), loyal (dumb), high-minded (inept), hardworking (plodding), self-made (crooked) and pragmatic (totally immoral). A person who is dangerous as well as immoral can be described as a fierce competitor or gut fighter, and a meddler who cannot leave his subordinates alone is a hands-on executive. When strung together properly, apparently innocent modifiers can acquire megaton force. For instance, a journalist may write, "A private, deliberate man, Frobisher dislikes small talk, but can be charming when he wants to." In translation...
Foos enthusiast cite many reasons why they return again and again to the table All agree, though that one of the best things about foosball is that-unlike its main competitor video games-it's free...
...Cable, while it's a monopoly, is not a monopoly on services," Steel said, citing competition between various specialized entertainment channels, with movie theaters and with VCR systems as well as the newest competitor, sattelite dishes...