Word: rival
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reyner looked impressive in his initial matches, crushing his counterpart from West Point 10-2 and then pinning his rival from Ithaca...
...than even the most optimistic fans had anticipated. McCullouch, a flanker on USC's championship team, jumped to his usually fast start. But Flowers, a pass receiver from Tennessee, demonstrated more football skill as he lunged and tumbled past the tape a fraction of a second ahead of his rival. Flowers' time of 7.0 tied McCullouch's NCAA indoor record...
...Walkouts. The rival National Education Association was flexing its muscles, too. The Pennsylvania State Education Association called on its 80,000 teachers to shut down the state's schools for one day this week and undertake a march on Harrisburg to demand higher pay. The Oklahoma Education Association scheduled a similar one-day walkout, urged its 27,000 teachers to attend a rally in Oklahoma City to apply pressure on the state legislature for more school money. In South Dakota, the state's Education Association declared a "sanctions alert" in a drive to increase salaries and legislative...
Chief Beneficiary. Before that happens, however, further research on the filter will be performed. Though Strickman's device may be more effective than the cellulose acetate variety, there are other filters already on the market -including those on such cigarettes as Marvels and Cascades-that probably rival it in reducing tar and nicotine. But most such brands have enjoyed only moderate success among smokers, many of whom feel that the filters diminish taste and make it harder to "draw." While the Strickman filter may likewise be hard on the draw, a consumer study for Strickman by Market Analyst Virginia...
Despite these gifts, he failed to invest his orchestra with enough expressiveness or subtlety to rival Doc Severinson's band. Carmen's rousing prelude came out as a consistent, if uninspiring, series of oompah-oompahs, and in the orchestral finale to the Gypsy Song the melody somehow got lost beneath the percussive power of the tambourine...