Word: fiercer
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DIED. JORGE MAS CANOSA, 58, vociferous Castro foe; of lung cancer; in Miami. Canosa trained for the Bay of Pigs invasion but proved fiercer in the halls of Congress, where he lobbied successfully for economic embargoes and the controversial Helms-Burton...
EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE RIDDLE OF HUMAN SEXUALITY advanced in still another direction last week. For years, controversy has raged in scientific circles and in the gay community over whether homosexuality should be considered the result of biological or environmental factors. In 1993 the debate grew fiercer after researchers announced a study linking some male homosexuality to genes inherited from the mother. Now the same team has come up with evidence that bolsters its earlier findings and supports the theory that "gay genes" may predispose some men to seek partners of the same...
...speak up and when to shut up in the white world. Perhaps the actor has learned too well; he simmers handsomely but rarely displays the informed rage he showed in A Soldier's Story and Glory. In his box-office hits (Philadelphia, The Pelican Brief), Washington cedes the fiercer emotions to his co-stars. No surprise, then, that Hackman, as a sociopath, gets all the high notes and good lines ("We're here to preserve democracy, not practice it"). If the performance consists largely of Hackman briskly massaging his scalp every few minutes, that's his way of suggesting that...
...battle among competing online newsstands is about to get even fiercer. This summer Apple opened a slick service, eWorld, and publisher Ziff-Davis is expected to launch its powerful new Interchange Online Network before the end of the year. But the most fearsome competitors may be ones that are still in the wings. Next year Microsoft is expected to introduce its own online service, code-named Marvel, which it could bundle into every copy of Windows it sells. Even more formidable would be an online service from AT&T, which can market directly to its 80 million customers...
Critics of the central bank contend that Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan is jeopardizing the recovery by fighting the wrong war. Not only is inflation dormant, they argue, but Americans are working more efficiently in a fiercer, more global competition. The result is that today's U.S. economy can grow faster with fewer price increases than ever before. "The historic connection between economic growth and inflation has been broken," declares General Mills chairman H. Brewster Atwater Jr., whose company slashed the price of Wheaties 10% earlier this year. "There is very little evidence of any inflation in any of the businesses...