Word: clashingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Suddenly Hubert Humphrey was politically alive again. So, for that matter, were Edmund Muskie and any number of dark horses. What had promised to be a ritual endorsement next week at Miami Beach now loomed as a bitter and potentially fratricidal collision of McGovern insurgents and party regulars. The clash could cause a party schism that could destroy the Democrats' chances for victory against Richard Nixon in November...
...Science Center faces other problems and other sources of disgruntlement, one of which is the large number of students who appear displeased by the very presence of this immense newcomer to the campus. Some feel that its broad lines and vast scale clash with the more staid and soft-spoken surroundings. Others simply find it ugly, or share a common distaste for anything more modern than the simple old brick structures of the Yard...
Whitelaw has deliberately avoided an open clash with the I.R.A. by keeping troops and police patrols out of the no-go areas. Last week, in pursuit of his peace-keeping efforts, British troops massed to block a huge Protestant parade in Londonderry from crossing the Foyle River estuary and invading the Catholic areas that lie beyond. Unless the Protestants showed some moderation on their side, the recent signs of Catholic desire for peace would vanish in an instant...
...Humphrey challenged McGovern to three television debates. There was no haggling between the two camps over the format, which is to have both men answering questions from a small group of national newsmen. McGovern quickly agreed, even though the man ahead has the most to lose in such a clash. The hourlong debates, two this week and one next Sunday, are crucial to Humphrey. "I kid you not," says Cerrell. "This is the whole thing-the whole campaign...
...anniversary of wage-price controls-but celebrate may not be quite the word. The date also happens to be the deadline for companies with annual revenues of $50 million or more to submit second-quarter profit reports to the Price Commission. Those filings could touch off the first serious clash between price controllers and business executives...