Word: rival
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attacked both Nixon and Humphrey by name for the first time, scorning them as "men of the old politics." Neither, he said bitingly, was "nearly good enough" to run the country. To underscore his differences with Nixon on Viet Nam, he quoted a recent magazine article in which his rival said: "There is no alternative to the war's going on." Replied Rocky: "The alternative is the patient and persistent negotiation of a just peace...
...change in Ky has come swiftly and dramatically, partly the result of accident, partly of the kind of political intrigue with which Viet Nam seems to abound. Before the Communist Tet offensive, Ky was much more than a ceremonial Vice President alongside his rival, President Nguyen Van Thieu. Liked by American officials in Viet Nam, who admired his charm, his boundless energy and his decisiveness, Ky retained powerful friends in the Vietnamese armed forces-an entourage rated strong enough to overthrow Thieu if it ever came to a showdown. But with Tet and the harrowing onslaught against the Saigon government...
Some companies try to get out of trouble by diversifying into new fields, but American Motors Corp. has traveled the opposite route. Last year the debt-ridden automaker sold off its profitable credit subsidiary, Redisco Inc., to rival Chrysler Corp. That left the appliance-making Kelvinator division as A.M.C.'s only major operation outside of the automobile business-and A.M.C. ever since has been seeking a buyer for Kelvinator...
...brusque, brilliant tactician whose devotion to the Socialist cause is equaled only by his towering rage at any dissent within his party. Second in the hierarchy after Party Leader Willy Brandt, Wehner formulated the policy that has shaped the party's destiny, including the decision to join the rival Christian Democrats in West Germany's historic Grand Coalition. Last week, in a move that was certain to have profound effects not only on the party but also on the workings of the West German government, the Social Democrats stripped Wehner of his role as chief party strategist...
...more than this--no Harvard lightweight crew ever passed under the finish flag with less than an open-water margin of victory over its nearest rival...