Word: rivale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...neighbors accused him of turning Indian and making scads of money at the expense of Nepal. To protect himself and his elite colleagues, Tenzing set up a Solo Khumbu branch of the Nepal Climbers' Association, a union of Sherpas he heads. In retaliation, the Nepalese Sherpas started a rival union, put a blunt demand before the Nepal government that it outlaw all such foreigners as Tenzing from plying their trade in the country. But the last word would probably come from expedition leaders themselves. Said Australia's Peter Byrne, who has just arrived in Katmandu with eight Darjeeling...
...that small voice and wistful smile need something to set them off. The need is quickly fulfilled-by Linda Low, a buxom, button-nosed stripper from the Celestial Bar, whom the musical's plot casts as Mei Li's rival. Bold, brassy and bubbling with unabashed sex, Linda belts out a song that tells...
...political challenger named Jacques Opangault. The abbé took care of him in great style. The abbé has a 23 to 22 majority in the territorial Assembly, but the capital city of Pointe-Noire is in the hands of M'vili tribesmen friendly to his rival. When the Assembly gathered to choose the territory's future status, the abbé's rivals began throwing chairs about and smashing windows. Opangault himself whacked the Speaker over the head with a microphone. Police cleared out the invaders with tear gas, and the Assembly dutifully settled down to vote...
Organization Man King rules by delegating authority to able associates, e.g., brash Editorial Director Hugh Cudlipp, ironing out differences, keeping a sharp eye on the ledger. When methodical Cecil King heard last week that a rival bid had been entered for Amalgamated, he was certain that his board of directors would up his offer as necessary, took off as scheduled for Africa, confident that he would become the King of press kings...
...University's total endowment of $535,102,249 at the end of its fiscal year, June 30, was more than twice that of Yale, its nearest rival in this department. With industrial stocks having risen about 85 points since last June, the University's "market value" is now even higher, the report said...