In Japan, for example, tenure-in-place in a sharply segmented labor market with little mobility between primary sector firms created strong enough incentives that firms avoided the hyperdivision of labor and atrophy-inducing rules that once characterized many Western firms.

a fair mark;  in fair sight;  a fair view

Ricky was crashing with his slam piece Liana; he said she had a posse of hot friends and everything would be raw as hell.

an antibiotically active compound