Word: rivale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...days the wintry winds had howled about the high peaks of the French Alps, whipping the mountain snows into white fury, keeping skiers and tourists at home. In the valley below, one day last fortnight, the rival guides of fashionable Chamonix and humbler St. Gervais gathered as usual to down their morning grog and gripe about the weather. High over their heads, the pilot of an Air India...
...mile system at a total investment of $140 million. Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates, which controls about half the manufactured gas supply of New England, at first opposed the natural gas invasion; then it took part in forming Algonquin Gas Transmission Co. to distribute natural gas from Symonds' biggest rival, Texas Eastern Transmission Corp...
Having made its decision in favor of Columbia Broadcasting System's color television (TIME, Oct. 23), the Federal Communications Commission rubbed salt in the wounds of defeated Radio Corp. of America. It asked RCA to turn over its tri-color tube to its arch-rival so that Ctfb could experiment with...
...American League, undefeated Stoughton gave up its first touchdown of the season to Wigglesworth East, but went on to win the game, 12 to 6. Its number one rival for the American League championship, Lionel Hall, shellacked Straus North...
...raising of the children, and quarrels about food prices with Grocer Edmund Gwenn. Appealed to by her son (Ronald Reagan), she sets out to make amends and, from her apology to Widower Gwenn, a romance blossoms. Her son's employer, Bachelor Charles Coburn, promptly appears as a blustering rival for her affections. All this foolishness allows a lot of tiresome variations on the theme of puppy love among the aged...