Word: toehold
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...discounters who fly fearlessly into business markets risk heavy counterattacks. Giants like American, United and Delta are becoming increasingly aggressive in defending their hubs, even though their planes are running at more than 70% of capacity. The idea is fundamental and ruthless: don't let a competitor get a toehold in your most profitable turf...
...permitting the procedure only in cases of rape and incest, or if the mother's life is endangered. The Beehive State also leads the country in number of hours its citizens work--an average of 48 per week, more even than the notorious workaholic Japanese. Democrats do have a toehold with Representative Bill Orton, but in 1992 even third-party candidate Ross Perot won more votes here than Bill Clinton...
...WATKINS Republican--Oklahoma 3rd Watkins is returning to the seat he occupied from 1977 to 1991 as a Democrat. In doing so, he erases the last Democratic congressional toehold in the state...
This year's contest had much of that homegrown intimacy, a family gathering where old hands reminisce and look over the crop of new talent. A saucy 17-year-old, Nicole Bobek, was crowned ladies champion; Todd Eldredge, 23, the top male skater. Their victories should give them a toehold on a brilliant future. At least that's the way it used...
...collected such a large battery of allegations that he may not finish the task before 1996. He is working seven days a week and has hired nearly 30 employees, including six lawyers and eight FBI agents. Last week he opened an office that he describes as "a toehold" in Fayetteville, Arkansas, just a few miles from the headquarters of Tyson, the world's largest poultry producer (1993 sales: $4.7 billion...