Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since Robert Kennedy entered the presidential race three months ago, he rallied millions of voters to an alternate view of these questions. From the start, there was little substantive difference between Kennedy and his rival in the primaries, Eugene McCarthy, and their agreement was driven home by the televised debate a week ago. Together, as Kennedy pointed out after his defeat in Oregon, they swamped Humphrey-Johnson stand-in tickets in every primary. McCarthy workers who have shocked the pundits twice already this year should redouble their efforts to win the nomination. Kennedy's supporters now should join in that...
...particularly deep root among Spain's 12 million workers, whose labor syndicates are creatures of Franco's government and easily bend to its will. In hopes of lobbying for labor gains, Spain's workers have boldly launched a grass-roots organization of their own as a rival to the syndicates. Called the Workers' Commissions movement, it has spread rapidly iow has chapters in factories all over Spain; it has also reached some white-collar employees, such as bank clerks and office personnel. In theory, the commissions are illegal, but in fact they are tacitly tolerated...
...lbis disappeared again suddenly. After giving up on the Crimson, the Lampoon kidnapped the president of the Gargoyle, a rival publication, and then the president of the Mountaineering Club, whose ability to scale great heights was admired, feared, and suspected. Yet neither could give them any satisfaction and the lbis perch was left looking like a tack no one had gotten around to sitting...
Ford's new device follows an earlier safety announcement by rival General Motors. G. M. three weeks ago revealed that after two years of "top priority" work by its Fisher Body division, it was installing a guard rail on the doors of more than half of next year's models. The rail, actually an 8-in. section of high-strength sheet metal, will be welded out of sight inside the door. In the event of an impact on the side of the car, the rail will give way gradually but with resilience enough to deflect the oncoming automobile...
Reuther, now 60, may try to build a rival federation around his U.A.W...