Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...intimate turned archenemy of Adolf Hitler; of a heart attack; in Munich. An early ally of the rising Führer, Strasser preached Nazism with a socialist tinge and became disgusted by Hitler's later romance with big business. Expelled from the party in 1930, he formed the rival Black Front committed to Hitler's ouster, fled Germany in 1933, and churned out propaganda while leapfrogging about Europe one step ahead of the Gestapo. In 1941 he found refuge in Canada (probably in exchange for information he furnished Allied intelligence), where he pecked at his typewriter and awaited...
...markedly from the conservatives who controlled the G.O.P. convention. Though he was probably the popular favorite for the presidential nomination in 1960, Vice President Nixon cornered a majority of the delegates, and Rocky backed off-prematurely, some people thought. The Governor exacted a humiliating concession from his victorious rival. Just as the convention got under way, he publicly denounced the G.O.P. platform for not taking strong stands in favor of civil rights. Nixon left the convention floor to meet with Rockefeller at the Governor's apartment. In an effort to neutralize Rockefeller, he agreed to make changes...
...they are creating increasing troubles. Petty crimes, shoplifting and muggings have been more frequent as addicts try to get money to support their habits. Reports of death from drug overdoses have become staple items in newspapers. The city is even beginning to have New York-style gang wars between rival dope pushers. The Rosse Buurt was recently jolted by a daylight gun battle between members of the local Yellow Mafia and a Surinamese heroin dealer. No one was injured, but police found packets of heroin on each of the three gunmen they managed to catch...
Brown's accomplishments rival the exploits of Alec Guinness in the movie The Captain's Paradise.* The professor managed to hold his three teaching jobs -on campuses hundreds of miles apart -without the knowledge of any of the college administrators. Last fall, in order to conduct morning classes in Pennsylvania, afternoon classes in The Bronx, and evening (and some morning) classes in upstate New York, the energetic Brown had to commute more than 400 miles several times each week, presumably using autos, buses and the airlines...
...Manhattan insurance executive named Muhlbach is scouting a rival's New Mexico operations. His object is corporate merger, but Muhlbach finds his own independence endangered. In a Taos curio shop, he is transfixed by a terra cotta nobleman. His soft, Prufrockian sensibility struggles briefly to understand the figurine's power. "Does he remind me of myself?" Muhlbach wonders incongruously. No matter. He pays $30 for it and takes the piece to an expert in Albuquerque. The verdict is quick: authentic Mayan, a dark survivor from pre-Columbian burial rites. By the time his plane touches down...