Word: rivaled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard, coming off a disappointing 3-1 loss to Princeton Saturday and a 3-2 overtime defeat to Brown earlier in the season, wasted no time against its crosstown rival...
Tony the Tiger has a serious rival these days at the University of Nebraska...
...does a fine job for the most part, and achieves a rich sound with few instruments. Exotic noises help make "Only a Dream in Rio"--a song about the return of Brazilian democracy--an exciting and colorful celebration. The jazzy trumpets, funky harmonica and upbeat tempo of "Limousine Driver" rival Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" sound...
Stofberg's victory, by a slim 367 votes out of 12,845 votes cast, was aided by the rival Conservative Party's agreement to stay out of the race. The Conservatives, who already hold 18 places in Parliament, came close to taking another seat themselves, losing in the town of Springs by only 749 votes. H.N.P. Leader Jaap Marais saw the elections as "a significant drift away from the National Party." The voting was made necessary by deaths and resignations in the all-white 178-seat House of Assembly, which dominates a tricameral Parliament that includes segregated chambers for coloreds...
...Communist insurgents, meanwhile, have been steadily profiting from the domestic unrest sparked by the August 1983 assassination of Benigno Aquino, who was Marcos' chief political rival. Marcos estimates that the Communist New People's Army has only about 9,000 armed troops, and he proudly pointed last week to a ceremony in which 45 alleged former Communist guerrillas surrendered to the government and 3,000 purported sympathizers swore allegiance to him. The Administration's Armitage, on the other hand, last week put the rebel ranks closer to 16,500. In addition, military unity has begun to fray. While acting Chief...