Word: vis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even as we condemn waste-exporting companies for their insensitivity to the impact of their deadly trade on Third World inhabitants, we can see that their balance sheets leave them little choice. Any company with sufficient ethics to look beyond the bottom line is put at an immediate disadvantage vis-a-vis less scrupulous competitors. If any company is permitted to do it, all must out of necessity follow...
...Harvard locker room parlance, 'defense' usually refers to U.S. capabilities vis-a-vis NATO, 'formations' often are those of molecules and 'Big Red' is the people's Republic of China. But we try to keep familiar with all the definitions to keep the coaches happy."--Harvard defensive tackle Jim Bell discussing the football team's plays...
Runner-up: "In Harvard locker room parlance, `defense' usually refers to U.S. capabilities vis-a-vis NATO, `formations' often are those of molecules and `Big Red' is the people's Republic of China. But we try to keep familiar with all the definitions to keep the coaches happy." -- Harvard defensive tackle Jim Bell discussing the football team's plays...
Many businesses resist raising wages, fearing that the higher cost will put them at a disadvantage vis-a-vis their competitors. But the minimum wage may be moving up. Congress is debating a bill that would increase the minimum 30 cents to 40 cents an hour each year for the next three years, bringing the rate to $4.55 by 1991. Supporters of the legislation contend that workers need the boost to keep up with rising prices, since the minimum wage has lost 22% of its purchasing power since the last increase in 1981. Opponents, including business lobbyists, believe the hike...
...suddenly, there is Mikhail and Raisa, a pair who can hold their own in the international journalistic sweepstakes vis-a-vis Ron and Nancy and, given the Gorbachevs' comparative youth (he is 57, she 56) and the Soviet political system, who will probably outlast George and Barbara or Mike and Kitty. The Western press trembles with anticipation...