Word: undercutting
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Beyond the drain on the treasury, the credit has destabilized coal markets because synfuel producers periodically undercut conventional coal producers in this country and abroad, which they can afford to do because of their tax credits. Coal associations in Canada and Australia have complained that the tax credit is nothing less than a government subsidy interfering with the free market...
...while much of that was accomplished with his arm, it was what he accomplished with his head and legs that allowed him to undercut any hopes of a Holy Cross comeback...
Building upon that experience, Crook has emphasized footwork throughout the pre-season, using lower-body strength to gain leverage and undercut oncoming pass rushers...
...shouldn't, although it's easy to see why it might. In 2002 China's trade surplus with the U.S. was $103 billion, twice what Japan's was at the height of Japan bashing 12 years ago. With its abundance of cheap labor, China can undercut American manufacturers of everything from toys to furniture to clothes. China has long pegged its currency, the yuan, to the dollar, and not long ago U.S. policymakers had nothing but praise for the way China managed its foreign exchange. In the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, China did not devalue the yuan...
...mendacity, and have made so many unnecessary enemies." In person Campbell seems an unlikely Goebbels. Breezy, articulate, charismatic, accomplished on the bagpipes and a lifelong supporter of the hapless Burnley football club, he gives off a blokish charm and confidence. Veteran reporters he has publicly tongue-lashed and undercut by leaking to competitors still tend to like him personally. As chief political reporter for Robert Maxwell's pro-Labour Daily Mirror when Neil Kinnock was party leader, Campbell became so close to Kinnock that he helped write his speeches and plan party strategy while praising him in the Mirror...