Word: undercutting
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...Yeltsin's power has always been his ability to fan the tensions dividing his ministers. This strategy ensured that each man was undercut by his rivals, and enabled Yeltsin to act as the power-broking referee at the center. While his minions clawed at one another, Yeltsin had only to keep egging them on and maintain a watchful eye, which is why his health is such a closely guarded secret...
...months, and security measures at military facilities had been stepped up. Troubling long-range strategic questions also demand answers. Is the rule of the royal House of Saud in more danger than the West suspected? Does the presence of about 5,000 U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia bolster or undercut stability in the land? Could it go the way of Iran? Its future matters immensely because it produces 8 million...
When Branson sticks his toe in the U.S. cola market, he will find two competitors ready to smash it. Virgin Cola will sally forth in the U.S. first in the Philadelphia area. The U.S. needs another cola like it needs another celebrity talk show, but Virgin plans to undercut Coke and Pepsi on the shelf price yet offer more profit to retailers...
...large grocery chains thwart Post's intentions by using the wholesale-price cuts to fatten their own profits instead of lowering shelf prices? While companies such as A&P vowed last week to pass along "most" of the savings, others are being coy. Many could well be reluctant to undercut their own house brands, which have even higher profit margins than national brands...
...when the Simpson protest moved to the inside of the K-School (as happened with the pro-life sign hangers at Senator Arlen Specter's (R-Pen.) speech last spring and with the walkout at Charles Murray's bell curve harangue last fall) the ideal of free speech was undercut. Approximately 30 students walked out two minutes after Simpson's speech had begun. Protests are fairer and more effective when free speech is maintained...