Word: rivaled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cuts and hefty boosts in defense spending. The most prominent of these skeptics are a pair of bad news bears: Henry Kaufman, 53, chief economist for the investment banking house of Salomon Bros., and Albert M. Wojnilower (pronounced Wodge-nee-lauer), 51, who holds the same post at the rival First Boston. They are two of the most respected oracles in the financial community; their ability to analyze and forecast money market trends with unusual accuracy has attracted legions of loyal followers...
...description of people who were, or had been held in reeducation camps. Unlike Long's brother, my father never belonged to South Vietnam's security forces, nor was he ever any kind of "war criminal." Long's attempts to explain away the continued incarceration of vast numbers of Vietnamese rival those I witnessed on 6 May. It was explained that camps' inmates could not be released in 1979 because of the war with China, and this year because there were not enough trains...
...will be elected, places at the top are the prizes. The jockeying for position can be fierce. One party heavyweight, Abba Eban, a former Foreign Minister, was previously No. 2 after Peres; now he is No. 3. To soothe his feelings, former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Peres' bitter rival, was moved from 20th position to fourth...
...from the hearse. Three more I.R.A. men suddenly appeared with rifles and fired into the air the traditional three volleys of honor and mourning. The procession, discreetly shepherded by police and British troops, moved past Protestant strongholds, where tall screens were erected to prevent even eye contact between the rival sectarian groups...
...seems pleased with the present law. Conservatives have put a referendum on the May 17 ballot that would allow abortions only for therapeutic reasons. In turn, liberals are backing a rival measure that would ease some of the restrictions in the current law and allow private clinics to perform the operations...