Word: rivaled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...underscore Lebanon's frailty, the level of violence escalated during the week. More than 20 people were killed Friday' and 65 were wounded as first Beirut Airport and then many of the capital's suburbs were bombarded by rival Christian Phalangist and Druze artillerymen. A U.S. Navy air controller and two Marines were among those injured at the airport, where the 1,200 Marines who are part of the four-nation peace-keeping force have their headquarters. Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze sect, took "full responsibility" for the airport attack. On Saturday he and two other...
...stay in office, Nakasone must constantly juggle the demands of the rival...
...pursuit of those mutual interests inevitably leads through numerous restaurants and bars. The Japanese treat wining and dining as part of their business day; many managers wield expense accounts that rival their salaries...
...debate. Just where that leaves CIA Director William Casey, Reagan's 1980 campaign manager, who has obliquely denied having given the papers to Baker, as Baker claims he did, was not as clear. Washington press pundits continued to speculate last week that either Baker or Casey, who represent rival political factions among Reagan's top advisers, will have to be sacrificed after FBI and congressional investigators complete their separate probes of the briefing-book caper. One top aide, perhaps self-protectively, predicted, however, that "everyone will keep his head...
Under pressure, two rival teachers' unions reconsider old policies...