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Perhaps. But it was a fragile democracy of byzantine complexity that put Magaña in the Presidential Palace. The selection of a provisional head of state capped a month of cutthroat political maneuvering that began with the March 28 election for a constituent assembly. That ballot had given 40% of the popular vote to the Christian Democratic Party, led by outgoing junta President José Napoléon Duarte and supported by the U.S. because of its progressive land and banking reforms. But a right-wing coalition headed by ARENA and the P.C.N. won control...
...years ago as "an alternative to varsity basketball," according to Classics veteran Bill Campbell. With a policy of letting everyone play in each game, the goal, says Campbell, "is to have a good time--to play really good basketball and to be serious about it, and yet have no cutthroat competition...
...1950s. Senior scientists are often so busy scram bling for funds to keep their large labs running that they rarely have the time to look as closely at what their young whizzes are doing as they would like. What was once a sportsmanlike rivalry between researchers has become cutthroat competition. By publishing a paper first, even if some of the data are not quite accurate, a young scientist may beat out a rival for any number of prizes: a tenured post or promotion, a big grant from the Government, an offer from industry (especially if the researcher is working...
...Skytrain service from New York City to London costs only $250 one way, less than half of what most other airlines have been charging for even their economy-class tickets. But suddenly, Sir Freddie finds that he is facing stiff competition from one of the very airlines that his cutthroat pricing policies had siphoned business from in the first place: Pan American World Airways. Under its new chairman, C. Edward Acker, the loss-plagued air carrier has decided to go all-out to fill its planes and boost revenues. Thus Pan Am announced earlier this month that it will offer...
...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...