Word: rivale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...charges that began to cascade upon his empire, mostly because nobody could prove them. He cautiously avoided bank accounts and investments, was always careful not to record such income as the $200,000 or so received from Schultz. Even when Dutch was bumped off in Newark by a rival mob, Jimmy's power was such that he continued to operate his special political services for Schultz's successors. Then, in 1937, a prosecutor named Thomas E. Dewey rounded up three talkative Schultz mobsters. With their testimony, Tom Dewey nailed Hines on 13 counts involving him with the numbers...
Nasser's chief rival in the Arab world. What did the program boil down to, a questioner asked: Was it socialism, state capitalism, or what? The official smiled. "We have a good word in Arabic. It is eimar. It means when you finish a house or complete some worthwhile thing, it has a quality of progress. We call our program eimar." Resting overnight in his summer palace at Sarsange, shy, Harrow-educated Feisal found eimar's reception encouraging: "The people seem to feel that we are doing something important for them...
...bleeeeep was Arthur Godfrey amid the flora and fauna of French Equatorial Africa, where he was stalking wild game and piping an occasional short-wave transmission into 4,000,000 American homes. Before he left the U.S., Godfrey got FCC and French government authority to make his broadcasts, and rival RCA assigned him four of its commercial frequencies. ("A helluva favor," said Godfrey. "Fine thing for good will, too.") This week Godfrey was flying home with a big surprise for "the people": a bristling red mustache and beard...
...bought Harper's Bazaar to compete with Vogue in 1913, later wooed away much of her top talent, including her heiress apparent, Carmel Snow. (Although they often appear to be identical twins, Vogue still leads Harper's Bazaar in circulation, 392,507 to 365,023, and Old Rival Snow, now editor in chief, readily admits "Edna Chase really started fashion journalism...
...Council of the Republic (upper house) has become a rival and obstructionist force against the Government. Primarily conservative, it offers nothing but delay and confusion to the Cabinet and the Assembly. Intended to be a "second thoughts" chamber, the Council has developed into a stumbling block for effective Government action...