Word: cutthroat
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...sail, hoping not to be voted off the island for bad behavior. Our kids are perfectly manageable, but I feared a reprise of the cutthroat game of Monopoly the six adults had played back in 1991, after which I was forced to apologize for cheating. (I know, being the banker is no excuse.) I needn't have worried. We played Ping-Pong, a sport in which it's hard to cheat if you're not that good to begin with and if you've had a little wine to boot...
...cutthroat adventures in window-treatment business...
...body often seemed more absorbed about getting into college than bettering their community. Yet while Fieldston was far from perfect, students and teachers alike promoted discussion and action about social issues. The spirit for social reform was powerfully alive within the walls of Fieldston much the way stress and cutthroat competition are the prevalent feelings in the Yard. There are certainly many groups at Harvard dedicated to the community, but this is different from a school-wide stated mission in the pursuit of social justice...
...show's cutthroat reputation results from the "Terminator" showdown during later rounds in which one team member can challenge another for that person's share of the winnings...
...this sounds easy enough on paper, but in the real world it is not so simple. Beneficiaries of the current system--be they U.S. corporate-welfare recipients, redundant German coal miners or cutthroat Asian logging interests--will resist. Which is why progress is unlikely absent a broader agenda of change, including real democracy: assuring the human rights of environmental activists and neutralizing the power of Big Money through campaign-finance reform...