Word: cutthroats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were forests, now there are tree farms, transmogrified by science into monocultural stands of uniform height and genetic stock. In a word, a crop. Many anglers cast into rivers and lakes devoid of native fish. Stocked European brown trout and transplanted rainbows ply our streams, with native brook and cutthroat trout in retreat. Bighorn sheep and other game herds are shunted about for the hunter's delight...
...blue drink," says television producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason. Most socializing is done at home, in the kitchen and breakfast room and around the piano. (All three Clintons play the instrument, says Hillary, "but none of us is what you'd call good.") They play Pictionary, Scrabble and a cutthroat card game called Hungarian Rummy...
...comp" seemed like an evil concept before I arrived at Harvard. It was described in those Fiske-esque, ultimate-insider guides to college as the embodiment of typical Harvardian ruthlessness. Harvard: so high-powered, so many superstars, that there's not only cutthroat, steal-the-books-from-the-library-and-hide-them-und er-your-pillow competition in academics--but you've got to fight for your right to join extracurriculars as well. Scary stuff...
That assessment was incorrect: during the dictator's overthrow, Ramos showed himself to be a master infighter who encouraged others, including Marcos, to underestimate him. That Ramos operated with cold and effective calculation in the cutthroat Marcos administration and emerged with his "Mr. Clean" reputation largely intact is his most salient achievement...
...part of their debt. Life will get rougher for them once they emerge from Chapter 11 protection and are forced to survive on their own resources -- something many analysts fear these weaker carriers may be unable to do for long. Once rid of such pesky competitors and their cutthroat tactics, the major airlines could regain full control of airfares -- and might then be free to raise them. "This is the nightmare that the marginal carriers didn't want to see happen," says John Riener, president of commercial operations for Carlson Travel Network, the largest U.S. travel company. "There...