Word: undercutting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From a personnel viewpoint then, Bush's reversal seems to be questionable business practice. Yet in our competitive capitalist society it is sometimes worthwhile for employers to undercut their employees. I'm not referring to Chainsaw Al. Bush cites Department of Energy statistics about the increased cost of electricity to consumers as his reasoning for deciding not to regulate emissions, judging (I would assume) that the cost of the energy policy would be greater than the cost of undercutting his appointee...
...AIDS drugs to become available in Africa at a fraction of the price charged in the U.S. might prompt patients (and even governments) in the industrialized world to begin asking why they ought to continue paying the higher price. Or worse still, that those Brazilian or Indian companies who undercut them in Africa may decide to challenge the pharmaceutical giants in other markets, even in their own backyards...
...Sierra Club member's worst nightmare. It is good to see that Bush has made some sort of gesture with the diesel emission initiative and his support of the Clean Air Act. However, his pro-environment posturing will prove meaningless if he prioritizes private economic interests and continues to undercut "green" programs. Let's hope he proves us wrong...
...title track and her collaboration with the Irish band Altan on her 30-year-old "Down From Dover" evoke the appropriate sense of dread. But in the most ambitious of these efforts, the mountain-gothic "Mountain Angel," Parton's narrative of a woman driven mad by grief is undercut by her cutesy, breathy delivery, a rare misstep for this most intuitive of singers...
...vote. If passed, the bill would present an early test of Bush's commitment to reform. Bush would then have 10 days to veto the bill or allow it to become law; a presidential veto of the leading campaign-finance reform bill would have severe political consequences and undercut Bush's credibility as a "reformer with results...