Word: rivaled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chief rival is Montazeri, who has known Khomeini for at least 40 years and whose power base is the vast network of clerics who exert enormous influence over the population. It is widely believed that Montazeri's aides maintain close contacts with the Lebanese Shi'ite captors of the American hostages and that his militant supporters worked to block the efforts of Rafsanjani to trade arms for the captives held in Lebanon. According to this theory, Rafsanjani retaliated by arresting Hashemi and his associates on a variety of charges, and the hard-liners in turn put an end to Rafsanjani...
...riverfront, and is seen by many as the best place to party. But its request for a delay may have hurt its chances. "If they can't get it together for one lousy little weekend," complained one committee member, "how are they going to pull off a convention?" The rival cities couldn't have been more pleased...
Corazon Aquino's first, ever so hesitant entry into the larger-than-life melodrama of recent Philippine history came when Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in 1972. One of the first people to be arrested without charge was Ninoy Aquino, Marcos' closest rival. The tough but charismatic Aquino had in quick succession become the youngest mayor in Philippine history (at 22), the youngest governor (at 29) and the youngest Senator (at 34). He seemed likely to become the youngest President too, as soon as Marcos' second and final term ended in 1973. Before that could happen, Marcos threw...
...from being the political novice people liked to consider her, Cory | was able to draw on the considerable knowledge and acumen she had absorbed during her years as the wife of Marcos' chief rival. She quickly concluded that the figures were not as bad as they seemed. "Ninoy always said that the administration has a captive 30%, the opposition a stable 30% and that what elections are all about is how to bring over...
Unlike the cramped taxicabs that passengers around the world must frequently endure, the tall, black and boxy London taxi is well loved for its roominess and comfort. Conservative Londoners were thus greatly alarmed when a Birmingham company called Metro Cammell Weymann said it was building a streamlined rival to the traditional taxi, which is made by London Taxis International and first appeared...