Word: rivaled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first major setback came when Arturo Cruz Porras, widely considered to be the strongest opponent facing Sandinista Presidential Candidate Daniel Ortega Saavedra, decided once and for all three weeks ago not to run, claiming that the regime would not allow him to campaign freely. Then the next strongest rival, Virgilio Godoy Reyes of the Independent Liberal Party, announced last week that he too was dropping out. "There are not sufficient guarantees for an electoral process," said a Liberal Party official. "The results could not sincerely reflect the majority will of the Nicaraguan people." If that were not enough, Bishop Pablo...
...nonmarital family," plus some teen-age children who "sense something amiss." The husband is struggling-manfully, one might say-to deny everything. So, the letter asks, what would be "the ideal social relationship" among the various children, who are beginning to develop "mental-emotional problems"? And between the two rival women? And the grandparents and other relatives...
...Globe's foremost problem is self-righteousness and lack of restraint. When the paper campaigned for handgun control and a bottle bill, it ran hundreds of "news" stories that openly argued its views. Globe-endorsed candidates seem to receive more sympathetic news treatment than their rivals. Janeway concedes that the paper has a "cacophony of columnists" and undervalues reporting. Cultural and life-style coverage has sagged. On local news, the Globe is too often scooped by its sole surviving Boston rival, the Herald (circ. 344,000), which has been revivified since it was bought in December 1982 by Australian...
...Republican rival, businessman Ray Shanue, spent part of the day stumping on Cape Cod with GOP candidates for Congress and local offices. Shamie then closeted himself with briefing papers to prepare for a face-to-face debate with Kerry on Tuesday, their last encounter before the Nov. 6 election...
...results stand in stark contrast to national trends. Polls of voters have consistently shown Reagan to be leading his rival for the White House by at least a 3-to-2 margin among voters in the 18-24 age group, while surveys of all voting groups indicate slightly less support for the incumbent...