Word: dogfighting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nipped Brown by a second after an intense dogfight, cruising its way to the finish in 7:19, Radcliffe crossed the finish line fourteen seconds later, recording a time...
After a 14-year dogfight of deregulated airline competition in the U.S., which has shot down nearly 130 carriers, including Pan Am and Eastern, the air war is going global. As carriers around the world mount new battles for international market share, they are forming alliances with other airlines and pooling resources. Before most of the new partnerships can get off the ground, though, they must navigate the thicket of trade restrictions that still restrain international airline traffic. Many governments fear that foreign carriers are gaining too great an advantage in their markets, undermining local jobs and revenues. Says Edmund...
...Harvard field hockey team faces Dartmouth today at Cumnock Field in a match that should prove to be a scrappy dogfight between two teams trying to salvage some pride in a season that has done them wrong...
...title refers to two parcels of Florida land: Glen Ross Farms, where the salesmen once made a killing, and Glengarry Highlands, the current stake, up for grabs. The past perfect tense gives way to the present imperative now -- because there's a dogfight among the four middle-aged men whose tough job it is to cozen the consumer. The top salesman will win a Cadillac; runner-up gets a set of steak knives. And third prize? Ask the cool executive (Alec Baldwin), himself a human steak knife, who has dropped by to explain the competition. "Third prize...
...SINCE THE DAYS OF THE RED BARON HAVE THE transatlantic skies seen such a dogfight. The global consolidation of the airline industry is moving into a cross-border phase, led by the desire of American carriers to secure overseas markets and foreign airlines to buy stakes in some of the weaker U.S. operators. These initiatives have triggered a war of words between European and American transportation officials. In reaction to British Airways' bid to acquire a 44% equity stake in financially troubled USAir, a trio of American airlines has closed ranks to oppose the deal, unless they are granted greater...