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