Word: undercutting
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...from the Czech Republic and against nice - ask me why. Nice is shorthand for the European Union enlargement treaty the Irish government dearly wants voters to ratify this Saturday. (They already rejected it once, last year, thanks to a swirl of conflicting emotions: fear that it would undercut Irish neutrality and sovereignty; an urge to give a bloody nose to the government of Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.) If the Irish vote yes this time, 10 new countries, including the Czech Republic, will join the E.U. in little more than a year - a momentous result that the European Commission last week...
Despite Levin’s comments about early decision, Yale sent a stern message that having its admissions office undercut was not part of its vision of working toward a new early admissions system. “It is important to reach respectful consensus rather than take unilateral action,” said Richard Shaw, Yale’s dean of admissions...
...regulations. Someone just needs to tell business leaders to cut out the shenanigans. Bush did exactly that last week with some tough words. But his words were far more ambiguous when he had to explain alleged shenanigans of his own. Dick Cheney offered no answers to similar questions. That undercut Bush's moral authority, and the stock market just kept dropping. --By Mitch Frank...
...describing a circle as their arms swinging wider (right, left, four times each). They stop, twirl, clap hands simultaneously and (on "Oh what a break") do a ten-tap strut to the front of the gazebo, landing in synch on the right foot. The first time, Ginger had to undercut Fred's flourish; this time she's with...
...created last June by the nation's five largest airlines (American, United, Delta, Northwest and Continental), and is today the third biggest player in the $20 billion-a-year online travel market. Competing websites claim Orbitz is using unfair practices to drive customers to those five airlines and undercut competitors, online and in the air. Last month Congress held what is expected to be the first of several hearings looking into Orbitz's behavior, and the departments of Transportation and Justice are officially examining the site for possible antitrust violations. Orbitz executives retort that their site has energized the online...