Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Philadelphia joined the gaping majority earlier this year, when its Bulletin folded, leaving the Inquirer as the city's only publishing daily. In Washington, the demise of the Star made the Post the only paper on the stands--until a peculiar competitor arose in the form of the daily Times, bankrolled by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon...
Harvard fans are used to DenHartog's dominating style, but the youngest competitor on the national squad surprised some teammates. "She played superbly," U.S. Assistant Coach JoAnn Harper said this week of the tall, slim attacker. "I don't think there's anyone around who is better in front of the net than Francesca...
Rogan added: "Joe's a great competitor but being from Harvard he just doesn't know how to win--Nitti and I are trying to teach...
...game, but it took Brock, then 35, 151 contests to reach 118. The new master of the basepaths is also the first man in history to achieve 100 steals in a season twice (the first time was in 1980), and he is currently 64 thefts ahead of his nearest competitor, Montreal's Tim Raines. With the exception of Cleveland, the extraordinary Henderson alone has more steals than any entire team in the American League. Marvels Tigers' pitching coach Roger Craig: "He can't steal first...
...long-distance service, for example, they would have to inform them that the same service is available from other firms. The operating companies would also be required to offer AT&T rivals equal-quality access to the local phone system. That particularly appealed to a competitor like MCI Communications Corp. Said a jubilant MCI Chairman William McGowan: "To use our alternative long-distance service now, the customer must have a push-button phone and dial 22 digits. Those requirements should disappear and make competition more real...