Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sally Roberts, one of two seniors in the top eight, played number one before her sister Martha came along, and now hangs around at number four, a hardened Ivy competitor. Junior captain Katie Ditzler, the Californian who doubles as a volleyball star, holds down post number five, while sophomore Leslie Miller is number...
...Callaghan decided against British wings for the 757. Instead, the British Government pursued negotiations to join the Airbus consortium. That might strengthen Airbus as a Boeing competitor-if the British are allowed in. But the French threaten to freeze them out if Britain goes ahead with the Boeing deal. While it must find some other builder for its wings, Boeing can rejoice in having emerged from the dogfight with $1 billion-plus in orders-enough to assure the 757 a zooming sales takeoff...
With 6500 high-powered people at this school, though, you find a lot of sports-folks who defy categorization as a varsity, subvarsity, or intramural competitor...
...Airbus Industrie consortium has sold 157 Airbuses to 16 airlines, and the largest order, for 23, came from Eastern. In 1974, President Borman began begging American planemakers to build a weight-saving twinjet, but they dallied. Next, a new-generation Airbus, designated the A310, will be a direct competitor to Boeing's planned 767. Already the new Airbus, which seats 200 and has most advanced technological features, has been ordered by Air France (four), Lufthansa (ten) and Swissair (six)?and Airbus sales teams are canvassing potential buyers throughout the world...
Last week, the Brennans were told that the federal court of appeals had denied a stay, and they sadly closed. Mrs. Brennan will make a final appeal to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, but a reversal seems unlikely. The last Postal Service competitor who tried to deliver first-class mail, in Pittsburg, Kans., was forced out of business in March, when the Supreme Court denied a rehearing...