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Word: rival (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Neither is Hotiana (Paul Mancusco), and with a vengeance. Hot is Kate's rival for the favors of a village mailman, and when she pleads, sounding like a duck in heat, for "Nothing But Him," it not only obscures the merits of the song but leaves a faint prickly sensation in the ears. Her briefer wishing-well plea for Joe is hysterical...

Author: By Stephen E. Cotton, | Title: All the Queen's Men | 3/6/1968 | See Source »

...past two years, two of the world's poorest countries have spent about $25,000 a week in Geneva on lawyers and living costs to contest their rival claims to an obscure and worth less piece of land. Last week, after reviewing mountains of conflicting evidence, a U.N.-sanctioned tribunal of three justices (from Iran, Sweden and Yugoslavia) handed down a judgment that, in effect, gave 90% of nothing to India and the rest to Pakistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia: Not Enough of Nothing | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...Rivals by Invitation. Shopping-center growth is now concentrated among ever larger "regional centers" dominated by two or more major department stores. "Six or eight years ago, 40 stores made a good-size center," says Detroit Developer Alfred Taubman. "Today, we want a minimum of 80 stores and average from 125 to 150." That puts a premium on compact use of land. To squeeze a potentially rival department store (Stix, Baer & Fuller) into their Crestwood Plaza near St. Louis, Developers Louis and Milton Zorensky erected a building on stilts above the parking lot. In a sharp departure from the norm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: Fortunes on the Mall | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

Anil Nayar led the onslaught by downing his rival 17-14, 15-8, 11-15, and 15-11. Sophomore Larry Terrell, Jose Gonzalez, and captain Rick Sterne polished off their opponents to complete another "fantastic four" sweep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetmen Grab Ivy Title Again; Swordsmen Lose to Cornell, 15-12 | 2/26/1968 | See Source »

Undaunted, the Diners' Club is now broadening the competition with its bigger rival by moving directly into the travel business itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Credit: Venturesome Trip | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

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