Word: rival
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...results of Birmingham's efforts will no doubt be less spectacular than Atlanta's. For one thing, Atlanta, which Birmingham still considers its chief rival, was becoming "the city too busy to hate" while Birmingham was re-electing Bull Connor. And even now, Birmingham officials will not be prone to make the sweeping statements of support for legislation that Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen proudly puts forth. The powerful Birmingham businessmen who got Negro police warns, "We've got some pretty tough whites in this town...
...crucible of Anglo-American law is the "adversary" trial, in which rival lawyers fight for their clients' claims before an impartial tribunal in a contest that idealists bill as a search for truth. In U.S. criminal trials, however, the search can be more of a game of bluff, suspense and surprise, with both sides trying to spring unexpected evidence that can demolish the unwary. Among many examples was the recent Candy Mossier murder case: a Texas convict testified that Candy had given him $7,000 to kill her husband-whereupon Defense Lawyer Percy Foreman dramatically produced...
...still on the drawing boards, but rival airframe and engine makers have submitted plans to the FAA for approval later this year. Competing for the airframe contract are Lockheed and Boeing; for the engine job, General Electric and Pratt & Whitney. Lockheed offers a double-delta-wing design. Boeing proposes a swing-wing configuration. Both companies promise a plane capable of carrying 300 passengers at a cruising speed of 1,850 m.p.h. at 70,000 ft. The U.S. SST will sell at $35 million, and 250 planes is the break-even point...
...turned out, last week's primary gave Arnall a 45,000-vote margin over his closest rival. His showing was all the more remarkable because in the county courthouses, which still pay fealty to Ol' Gene's son Herman, he is unfondly remembered as the "boy wonder" Governor who hobbled the Talmadge machine, abolished the state's poll tax, and established a merit system for state employees...
...these demands seemed unreasonable, they were not much more so than the ones made by 22,000 Transport Workers Union machinsts employed by Pan Am and American Airlines. Under pressure to outdo the rival I.A.M. machinists, the T.W.U. has since July deadlocked contract negotiations with obstinate calls for a 30% wage hike and ghoulish threats of what may happen if their demands are not met. Said one T.W.U. official last week...