Word: rival
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...control. Government was paralyzed and more Europeans were getting out. With industry at a standstill, the U.S., working through church welfare agencies, was feeding one out of five Algerians. What saved Algeria from complete disintegration was a modicum of political maturity and an instinct for survival that made the rival forces at least halfway willing to explore compromises. Emerging from these maneuvers was the near certainty that Ahmed ben Bella, 45, would win his battle "to take over the destiny of Algeria...
...other neutralists, he is quite willing to accept aid from the West, but wants stronger ties with the Soviet bloc. He has condemned the moderates' desire for cooperation with France. He is also a strong supporter of pan-Arabism, is even seen by some as a potential rival of his onetime benefactor, Nasser. Ben Bella, in his speeches, chants: "We are Arabs, we are Arabs, we are Arabs." His supporters claim that the ex-country boy, the ex-terrorist, the ex-noncom, the ex-prisoner is most interested in helping Algeria's fellahin. Just...
...heard for eight weeks." The thump was the Milwaukee Sentinel, appearing again after an eight-week American Newspaper Guild strike. But in reality, Hearst's ailing old Sentinel (circ. 192,167) was no more. During the strike it had been sold for $3.000,000 to its independent rival, the afternoon Journal (372,276)-which promptly rushed its new buy back into print, but dropped the Sunday edition...
Last Wednesday came the finishing touch, for next door to Edward M. moved Edward J., Edward J. McCormack that is, Kennedy's bitter rival for the Democratic party's nomination to the United States Senate in the September 18 primary...
...Kennedy headquarters seemed unperturbed by the goings on at their neighbor's place. Nevertheless, Stephen Smith, Ted Kennedy's brother-in-law, was standing on Tremont Street, comparing the window displays of the rival candidates...