Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thinclads also took first in both the mile and two-mile relays. UNH challenged the Crimson in the final yards of the mile relay, but anchorwoman Kathy Busby held off her competitor...
Konstantin Chernenko, 71, the silver-haired party chief administrator, then rose. As every Soviet citizen knew, Chernenko had been Andropov's main competitor for the succession. Now, in a deft and effective political gesture, the rival was moving to nominate the winner, thus symbolizing the need to close ranks. "Dear Comrades, all of us are obviously aware that it is extremely difficult to repair the loss inflicted on us by the death of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev," Chernenko said. "It is now twice, three times as important to conduct matters in the party collectively." Chernenko, a close protege of Brezhnev...
Since that moment in the winter of her freshman year, polite McCarthy has been on avid and successful competitor--both as Harvard and in local rural races--an especially impressive achievement for someone who had almost never run a competitive step previously in her life...
...regular Saturday radio talk. Two once, and no doubt future, foes on the primary trail, former Vice President Walter Mondale and Senator Edward Kennedy, joined last week for a friendly vaudeville tour of Boston, to "help" Kennedy in his easy march toward reelection. Said Mondale of his prime competitor for the 1984 nomination: "Kennedy is a great Senator, and I want to keep him in the United States Senate-for at least six more years." Kennedy in turn pledged: "He has been my friend, he is my friend today, and he will be my friend, come what...
...fact was that many people could not afford such a car, whatever its merits or drawbacks. Originally, De Lorean envisioned his creation as a competitor for his old employer's Chevrolet Corvette. But when the DMC-12 reached dealers' showrooms, it listed for $26,000, almost $11,000 more than De Lorean had projected and about $8,000 more than the Corvette. As sales slumbered, the price was discounted to about...