Word: rivaled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meantime, a rival A. F. of L. union had won a local toe hold by signing a contract with a smaller association of warehouse operators. No. 1 provision: no strikes, no lockouts for five years...
What will probably be the most interesting part of the dinner will be the before-the-game speeches of the two rival coaches, Dick Harlow and Ted Wioman. Harvard captain Bobby Green will also make a short address...
...Madison, Wis., a hurriedly called caucus of State Democratic leaders chose State Senator Harry Bolens of Port Washington, Wis. to be their candidate for Governor. Reason: their primary-chosen nominee, Robert K. Henry, withdrew last fortnight hoping to help his Republican rival beat Progressive Governor Philip La Follette, who has been elected twice in three-cornered races...
Such heraldic paradox is not entirely banished from the campus of Uncle Elihu, however, as the arms of John Harvard's rival institution still flaunt themselves boldly in Saybrook Court, where they are embossed in more permanent stone.... --The Yale Daily News...
This incident and many another like it led even rival networks to pay tribute to "H. V." Kaltenborn last week. That he offered better comment on the crisis than any one else was because he also offered a better combination of talents. For one thing, he is German. His uncle, Lieut. General Hans von Kaltenborn-Stachen, was German War Minister for the years 1895-96. In Germany he himself is addressed as Baron. He knows German history and speaks the language (as well as French and Spanish) fluently. He knows news. He had 20 years' (1910-30) newspaper experience...