Word: cutthroats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...airlines can more and more do as they please. But freedom from regulation has led to scheduling chaos, a rise in the number of new carriers, and ferocious price wars, particularly on choice routes like New York to Miami and East Coast to West. The cutthroat competition is forcing many big carriers to ferry about planeloads of overjoyed passengers at bargain rates that sometimes do not even cover operating costs...
While many other airlines have been engaging in cutthroat fare warfare for popular routes between New York and the West Coast, Delta has continued concentrating on its profitable "hub and spoke" system. The airline's planes collect passengers in outlying Southern cities, such as Macon, Ga., and Knoxville, Tenn., feed them into the "hub" airport at Atlanta, then send them out on longer-haul "spoke" flights to New York or Denver. Says Delta President David C. Garrett Jr.: "We are cautious, and our system is well balanced. During the winter, we make money on our North-South routes; during...
...school's football team, and Classmate Kevin Gilhuly, 16, have scheduled a weekly game of Scrabble with Florence Stewart, 73, who has been slowed down a bit by a stroke. Says Jessick, admiringly: "She's very competitive." Other students watch and kibitz at games of "cutthroat cribbage" played after lunch by Martin Bethke, 86, and Milford Howell, 66. Says Butch Hogan, 16: "I'm just learning...
...consumer electronics business has produced some fierce marketing wars, but none is likely to be quite so cutthroat as the struggle that is starting for control of the videodisc industry. Videodisc players look much like any stereo deck, but, plugged into a TV, they play prerecorded movies, sports events, opera, sitcoms and documentaries. They promise to advance significantly the cause of viewers' lib, giving TV addicts freedom to watch what they want when they want to watch...