Word: rivale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Strategic Air Command with a majority of its force grounded for lack of gasoline last summer. It was a civilian decision to slap overtime restrictions on ballistic missile programs. And it was civilian indecision that left both the Army and the Air Force spending hundreds of millions for rival intermediate-range missiles...
...Rival politicians were glum at this triumphal progress. Krishna Menon was problem enough when he had only the ear of Nehru; now that he has discovered the knack of getting India's ear as well, he may become a power threat in the Congress Party's annual convention next week in Assam...
...Events Director Bill Welsh, 46, was tipped off on the story only 15 minutes after it broke. He alerted a mobile unit that fortunately was operating near the scene on another story, scurried into action himself with a second stand-by crew. Well behind came a crew from KTLA, rival of the Los Angeles Times-controlled KTTV, but it never...
...took to the fight with gusto. The rival performers matched each other acrobat for acrobat, lady fiddler for lady fiddler, fight champ for fight loser (as Sullivan and Allen did after the Patterson-Rademacher fight) and, in the end, even blow for blow. When the singer socked the comedian, remarked one character, "it was like George Washington spitting on the American flag...
...their first meet Dec. 16, the Crimson freshmen easily defeated their traditional rival, Waltham Boys' Club, 57-29. Bruce Hunter set a record of 23.2 seconds for the 50-yard freestyle...