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Word: rival (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...approximately 30,000 eligible voters--those who have received master of arts degrees from Oxford--only 718 donned their gowns and marched to the Sheldonian Theatre to vote. Blunden defeated his American rival...

Author: By Jonathan Fuerbringer, | Title: Lowell Loses in Election For Oxford Poetry Chair | 2/7/1966 | See Source »

Coach Weiland called a special Sunday practice to try to whip the squad into shape for tonight's Bear Pot in Boston Garden. Harvard meets Northeastern at 7 p.m., and Boston University faces off against arch-rival Boston College in the nighteap. The B.U. Terriers, 17.4 overall and 13-1 in Eastern play, are favored to win the 14th annual Bean Pot., The return of All-Americans Jack Ferreira and Tommy Ross should build up their attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tigers Trip Six, 6-3; Bean Pot Begins Today | 2/7/1966 | See Source »

Nobody has ever accused Adolph Rupp of being a nice guy. Rival coaches grumble that "life doesn't really hang on the result of a basketball game, but it seems like it when you play Rupp." In his 36 years at the University of Kentucky, "the Baron of the Bluegrass" has won more games (734), more conference titles (21) and more N.C.A.A. championships (four) than any other coach in the U.S. He has also antagonized more competitors, angered more referees, and annoyed more sportswriters than anybody else in the business-which may or may not account for his success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Basketball: The Baron's Runts | 2/4/1966 | See Source »

Jealous of CBS's quiz ratings, Friendly enemies at rival networks have joined the test patterns. Last week NBC asked, "Is Anybody Honest?", then showed that more than a third of the country would lie, cheat and steal at the drop of the other fellow's wallet. ABC's forthcoming People Poll ("starring Garry Moore and You") will examine such profound questions as "Should the husband be the boss in the household?" (Yes, say 57% of a Gallup pre-poll), and "Is the husband boss in your household...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Testing, One, Two, Three . . . | 2/4/1966 | See Source »

...respects. Maggie Smith plays a resolute and poignant Desdemona, though her open, clear-eyed virtue ought to vindicate itself as easily as Iago's obvious machinations condemn him. As Cassio, Derek Jacobi seems a snub-nosed, undergraduate type whom no lion among men could seriously consider a rival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: One Man's Moor | 2/4/1966 | See Source »

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