Word: fiercest
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...plan has angered the white residents of South Boston, who were among the fiercest opponents of school integration in the last decade. As they did then, they say Black residents are intruders trying to push them out of their homes...
Comedy is the original no-respect art form. Primitive man knew that if he were to be hit over the head by his fiercest rival, then stumble around and yell "Aarrggh!," he would be acclaimed as a great tragedian. But if he were to do ten minutes of witty stand-up, then bash himself with a club, he would be accused of doing shtick. It is ever thus. At the movies, comedy may be king at the wickets, and most of Hollywood's nouveau novas -- Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Tom Hanks, Dan Aykroyd, Robin Williams, Bill Murray, Pee-wee Herman...
Travelers who plan to pass through Denver's Stapleton Airport any time soon should be prepared for an unusual encounter with ticket agents who come on like ambitious Dale Carnegie graduates. At Stapleton, where United and Continental are locked in one of the fiercest airline battles in the U.S., United is engaged in an all-out campaign to win friends and influence people to switch over from its rival's flights. In one United tactic, eager agents sidle up to unwary travelers as they pass through the terminal and lure them onto United flights with such promised incentives as earlier...
Japan's steel manufacturers, who played such a vital role in the country's postwar resurgence, now find themselves besieged by foreign competition. Among the fiercest rivals are South Korean and Brazilian steelmakers. Japan's five largest producers could lose some $2.3 billion this year. In the coming years, some 40,000 workers could lose their jobs. Says Yutaka Takeda, president of Nippon Steel: "This is the worst crisis we've faced since we started making steel...
...Some of my fiercest critics are writers who judge my work and say, 'Oh, there's nothing there,'" Heaney said...