Word: cutthroat
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...potential customers. A growing number among these vendors of domestic wares are claiming to have found a kinder, more humane way to do their job. This new breed speaks, often in near evangelical terms, of basic values and touchy-feely sympathies that have traditionally been anathema in the cutthroat race to roll new cars the hell off the inventories as fast as possible. Says Gill: "We've found it's O.K. to be fair to the customer." Flow, whose dealerships last year handled $250 million in sales, insists, "Our focus is on creating friends rather than making deals...
...shocking. Inaugural televised appearances of peripheral bands like Urge Overkill, Morphine, and Jowbox follow interviews with hip literati like George Plimpton and rapping Allen Ginsberg. He's the clean cut 1950's era boy-next-door who admits, "I'm incredibly square." In a business notorious for cutthroat self-promotion, Conan's sincerity leaves the cynical confused. When he begins to flail, he doesn't try to cover it up. He instead offers an aside (`I'm not amusing you at all, am I?") or a conciliatory rep of push-ups to let viewers know, "We are in this together...
...name of The Page and consider it a done deal. It can be done much better, and I hope it will be. There's some new blood in here now--a kinder, gentler staff for the '90s, as the bitter, cutthroat staff of the late '80s moves...
...encouraging a less cutthroat market for Square real estate, HRE could encourage a return to the days of a Square defined by its uniqueness, not by its conformity. HRE officers and the University officials to whom they report are ignoring the fact that Harvard Real Estate exists because of Harvard--not the other way around...
Ironically, the price war may have strengthened U.S. computer leadership in some key markets. American firms, which feared a takeover by Japanese firms during the 1980s, have exported their cutthroat pricing to Tokyo with stunning success. Led by IBM, Dell and Compaq, U.S. companies sent shock waves through the Japanese PC establishment by trimming prices up to 30%. While Japanese domestic manufacturers, such as Fujitsu and NEC, have responded with deep discounts of their own, they have been unable to shake off the Americans, much to the delight of Japanese consumers...