Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sophomore Grace deFries passed teammate Jenny Stricker in the final stretch to win by .3 seconds with a 2:15.8, and senior Anita Diaz ran neck-and-neck with a Springfield competitor to manage a gutsy third with...
Northeastern--with a 62-5 record over the past decade--is the strongest competitor Harvard has faced this season. During that span, the Huskies copped six Greater Boston Championships and seven New England Indoor titles...
Mobil's bet-a-billion tactics, though, are disturbing many executives in the oil industry. Says one competitor: "If Mobil continues to be this aggressive, there may be new antitrust legislation. It would be better if they started to back off." Responds President Tavoulareas: "You're bound to be criticized as lead dog. Other oil companies just don't have the guts...
...mother's biased observations aside, much of this difference between them may be traced to good oldfashioned sibling rivalry. "I think I had better athletic talent than him," frank says, "but he was a fierce competitor." Tom will say almost the same thing--"I had to work harder in a lot of ways. Frank is more of a natural athlete." even Mrs. McLaughlin concurs, "Frankie was a very good guard, He was very exciting. But that's just a mother talking," she laughs. (But perhaps it is noteworthy that she cites another son as the best athlete of the bunch...
...long-term competition with a competitor whom we have not always understood," Azrael, a former professor of political science at the University of Chicago, said...