Word: cutthroat
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...activities more banal than shaving. But the Big Three razormakers - America's Gillette and Schick and France's Bic - have all come up with a cheeky answer; the very same cheeky answer. And so, after years of relatively peaceful coexistence, competition among them is about to become cutthroat. The three firms have jostled for shelf space for three decades, but in the past they relied on different marketing niches with limited overlap. Market leader Gillette, with $3.4 billion in annual razor and blade sales, has put its recent emphasis on reusable razors that require pricey blades, for example, while...
...wrote about the social landscape here: “We are a Darwinist’s delight, superbly adapted to vanquish every competitor. In the Harvardian universe, the advantage often goes—at least in the short term—to the manipulative and dishonest and cutthroat, the people willing to backstab and lie and cheat their way upwards...
...would not be confused for one with a thriving social life; alumni and current students often characterize the school as possessing an unfriendly and cutthroat atmosphere that begets competitiveness rather than community. While the class size reduction enacted two years ago helped to build unification among the students, the work needed to improve student attitudes and experiences has only just begun...
...support for the 2004 elections. She's become the live wire connecting Indonesia's still nascent freedom of expression with the country's entrenched?and often hypocritical?moral majority, yet her popularity just keeps surging. "She's the one and only one who can survive [in the country's cutthroat music scene]," says maverick TV and music producer Arswendo Atmowiloto. "She's what the people want...
Professor of Government Harvey Mansfield switches departments to teach this cutthroat course on fantasy baseball. The course is taught entirely in sections of no more than twelve students. Each student will compete directly against his classmates in a rotisserie league, beginning with a fantasy draft held on the first day of class. Each team will have a salary cap, and students must manage their team’s budget during the semester. As the baseball season begins, students will be required to make trades, sign and cut players and idiotically trash-talk on the league’s Internet message...