Word: contender
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Postal workers, on the other hand, argue that the proffered increase lags behind the rate of inflation, which is expected to be about 8% this year. Moreover, they contend that then-productivity has risen 7.2% this year. What this argument ignores is that postal workers already average close to $16,000 a year, which is 50% more than the mean for all U.S. nonfarm workers...
...leaders of groups against Harvard's investment policy contend that even if American companies were to initiate labor reforms, the firms would have no practical effect on the apartheid system because they employ only four-tenths of 1 per cent of the black work force in South Africa. American companies in which Harvard holds stock serve only to bolster the apartheid system by supplying the South African white-minority government with the funds it needs to continue building a strong military and police force, the anti-apartheid group...
...racquetmen like their squash counterparts, have to contend with national power Princeton each season for their main goal--the Eastern League crown. Two years ago, the Crimson tied the nationally ranked Tigers for the title...
...matter how worrisome the Snepp case may be to U.S. public servants who break promises to keep secrets, they do not have to contend with anything like the Official Secrets Act in Canada or Britain, where it is a crime to disclose any government document without permission. These laws are currently under fire in both countries, as a result of three cases...
Some art patrons and dealers defend the illegal trade. They contend that it has in fact preserved ancient objects that might otherwise be neglected or lost by countries too impoverished to take proper care of them...