Word: rivale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hall look upon Yale as our traditional rival, followed in importance by Princeton and then by other teams comparable to us in educational standards and athletic strength...
...Great Britain had recognized the government of Ho Chi Minh's French-sponsored rival, former Emperor Bao Dai. By refusing to follow the lead of the Western democracies. Tito had given his answer to the Cominform's charge that he is an agent of Western imperialism. Fortnight ago the Yugoslav dictator publicly proclaimed: "We did not bow to the Soviet . . . How could we, then, bow to the West? . . . [Rather than] separate our foreign policy from our socialist principles ... we should prefer to go naked...
Like many another U.S. businessman, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s Chairman Paul W. Litchfield was eager to start producing in Europe's prized hard-currency markets. The Netherlands was out of the question, since Litchfield's arch rival, Goodrich, already had a plant there. So was Belgium, which has two tire plants of its own. With the doleful expression of a jilted suitor, Rubberman Litchfield turned his eyes to the tiny (pop. 300,000) Grand Duchy of Luxembourg...
...than 4,000 flying hours, commutes from New York in his Navion and twin-engine Beech planes, and always buzzes Beacon Hill before landing at nearby Leesburg. He spends about half of each week in the comfortable house, often sprawled on a sofa in T-shirt and slacks, watching rival comics on TV and dozing through "intellectual" shows...
Harry Butcher, then manager of the rival CBS station WJSV, was quick to grab him. In the deal, WJSV (now WTOP) got most of Godfrey's morning audience and 80% of his former sponsors. NBC retaliated by bringing down a New York announcer named Don Douglas to buck Arthur. Unreasonably terrified by the threat of big-city competition, Godfrey convinced Butcher that he should stay on the air all night to kill Douglas' first broadcast. Since WJSV closed down at midnight, Godfrey had to broadcast from the transmitter in a swamp near Alexandria, Va., with no other props...