Word: cutthroat
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After much thought, I came up with some suggested improvements that will help golf remain competitive in the cutthroat television market of the 21st century...
Bush, says an aide, thinks Gore is "a phony and a cutthroat" and cannot wait to take him on. While he doesn't quite know what to make of the Vice President, people close to him say, he has a gut dislike for him. Already you can hear it when he talks about Gore's "slash-and-burn politics": "Mr. Gore, I'm not going to let you get away with it," he said last week. "We're not going to be fooled by somebody who says one thing and absolutely does something else." It is as though Gore...
...Brien can offer witty insights into the fact that--gasp--there is real life outside the wrought iron gates and red brick of Harvard. His own experience as a comedy writer in the competitive entertainment industry will perhaps encourage seniors hoping to be successful in Hollywood or any other cutthroat industry. As a fairly recent Harvard graduate, O'Brien has a unique position of being able to speak about an institution that he too experienced. Knowing the particular benefits and drawbacks of a Harvard education will enable him to make his speech more relevant and interesting for the graduating seniors...
...would seem a coveted job for any graduate student: close contact with a well-known professor, a boost in salary and a plumb title for a rising academic's resume. But head teaching fellows across campus say the competition for their jobs is hardly cutthroat...
Jobs' supporters--and there are plenty--point out that before he took over, Apple's reputation had sunk as low as its stock. Today its colorful iMac portable and desktop models, which he hustled onto store shelves within months of his arrival, are highly profitable competitors in the cutthroat computer market...