land-shark

• “The world will always have more imitators than innovators, which is a truly sad state of affairs; especially when the land-shark imitators swim in to take a fatal bite out of the innovator (ie Walmart, Microsoft, Starbucks, Hilton, insert oppressive corporate Goliath of choice here).”

  Are You Here for a Good Time or a Long Time?

• “But the foreign land-shark, and the corporate land-shark, dwindle into insignificance by the side of the individual land-shark.”

  Simon & Schuster: Black and White

• “The British land-shark, having got his hold upon the soil, possesses the place to stand for which the Greek sighed in vain, and no man will say he does not move the world; and he will continue to moveit until such time as the world shall movehim.”

  Simon & Schuster: Black and White

• “We have an indigenous land-shark whose maw is so capacious that the rapacity of his appetite in no wise keeps pace with its lightning-like digestion.”

  Simon & Schuster: Black and White

• “The winner in this trade—as if there was ever any question—was the Latin land-shark, El Matador.”

  Simon & Schuster: Why Fantasy Football Matters

• “Everybody made a fuss of him as he told his tales of giant wasps and the huge land-shark.”

  The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection

• ““How are you now, you young land-shark in petticoats?” inquired the old sailor.”

  No Name

• “They sure as hell didn't research the Saurians, else they'd have known the Dino's a land-shark, and it takes Gertie a full minute to process any sensation and act on it.”

  Fiddler Fair

• “After what Goldie Morran had suffered as a result of Kit's wrath, she did not want to find herself on the losing end of another deal with Kenneth "Kit" Carson, world-famous time scout and land-shark businessman.”

  Wagers of Sin

• “It's my fault from the beginning for choosing such a land-shark for your consort.”

  Beyond the City

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