Word: cut-throat
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...cut-throat competitive practices prevalent in the industry are leading the nation away from the objectives of recovery and into a devastating economic tailspin...
...years' work. The University does not want to tolerate any decrease in academic discipline represented by its degrees. But because fifteen courses are required for graduation, there is no reason to believe that fifteen letter grades should be recorded after the name of every graduate. In this land of cut-throat competition Harvard maintains its supremacy by turning out "certified" graduates. And the General Examination alone can serve its purpose well enough without the help of smaller tests...
...done so. In Pennsylvania, many a mine failed to re-open because operators were uncertain of their sick industry's prospects. Same day in Washington, however, strong medicine was brewed when the Senate passed the new Guffey Coal Bill (see p. 16). aimed to end the overproduction and cut-throat competition which have laid Coal low, making last week's Labor gains doubly sure of fulfillment...
...Tires now last at least 20,000 mi. instead of the 8,000 mi. they were good for 15 years ago, but more cars and more mileage per car per year have complemented technological improvements. Current competition is relatively peaceful after years of cut-throat warring among the Big Four. Last week, even before the International Rubber Regulation Committee met in London, U. S. tiremen unanimously and harmoniously raised prices 6%, the fourth boost in nine months...
...duty to submit our own judgment to the rulings of the Supreme Court on the Constitution." Immediate effect of the opinion in Manhattan was to end a cat-&-dog price fight in the retail liquor business. Publishers and cosmetic makers at last foresaw the end of cut-throat price competition in the nation's No. 1 buying State.* Second day after the Albany flip-flop mammoth Macy's which traditionally "will not be undersold," announced what the world's biggest department store was going to do about it. Full-page newspaper advertisements screamed: "The Consumer will...