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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been a cake-walk-so far. He has raised almost twice as much money as his nearest competitor. The AFL-CIO, the United Auto Workers, the National Education Association and the National Organization for Women all support him. So do Tip O'Neill, Robert Strauss, perhaps 100 members of the House, New York Governor Mario Cuomo, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young. Concedes a top strategist: "The worst Pollyanna in our bunch wouldn't have been able to predict last December that we would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Primed for a Test | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

...company has made a series of design improvements over the years; recently added features include a new control system and a safer and longer-lasting main fuel pump. Both General Electric and Pratt & Whitney had lobbied hard to win the contract. While GE officials disparaged their competitor as "Brand X," Pratt & Whitney executives dismissed GE as the "lightbulb company." Last week Pratt & Whitney proclaimed in a full-page newspaper ad that the F100 was "a new bench mark for fighter engine reliability and durability." One battle in the Great Fighter Engine War is over, but the fighting is sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dogfight | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

...just set for himself when his shot put flew a winning 40-ft., 11 in in an event that the harriers swept just as convincingly. Steve Pinney then cleared 14-ft., 6-in. to win a pole vault event that didn't even feature a simple Eagle competitor before B.C.'s Craig Coffey secured two of the Eagles three field event victories by jumpy 6 ft 102 in the high and long jumpy respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women, Men Harriers Runs Past Weekend | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

...programs, one requiring the contestants to print out a banner and another asking for a calculator program, were relatively easy and were more like "typing contests," said competitor Mark Lentczner...

Author: By William G. Foulkes, | Title: Harvard Computer Team Wins Regional Programming Contest | 11/29/1983 | See Source »

...competitor reportedly fell out of his seat when his oar got snagged on his own boat. The hapless athlete did, however, resume his place, and completed the race...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Harvard Four Wins Tail of Charles | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

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