Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prices to the marrow in order to drive out competitors. One of John D.'s favorite techniques was to negotiate secret rebates from railroads, which were eager to carry Standard's petroleum; he handed them so much business that they frequently gave him kickbacks on the shipments of rival firms as well. He then slashed prices still further, and bought up ruined rivals. By 1884, Standard Oil was selling more than 80% of the oil that flowed out of U.S. wells. Though no body today defends his tactics, historians still debate whether Rockefeller did more harm or good. He organized...
...surprising as Heikal's discharge was Sadat's choice of a successor. The job went to Ali Amin, 59, former co-publisher with his twin brother Mustafa of the rival al Akhbar, who only last month returned to Egypt from a nine-year self-imposed exile I in London. Amin, often attacked as too pro-Western, had refused to come home as a protest against the imprisonment of his brother by Nasser on charges of handing over state secrets to the CIA. Mustafa Amin was recently freed on Sadat's orders, together with a number of political...
Anwar Sadat's only rival for popularity among Egyptians these days is a safe and sure ally: his wife Jehan Sadat, 40, a comely woman with dark brown hair and eyes and a fetching smile. Scarcely a year ago, students demonstrating against the regime covered Cairo walls with insults directed at her, the largely unknown First Lady. But since the October War, when Mrs. Sadat spent highly publicized 20-hour days visiting troops, touring hospitals and working as a bandage roller with the Egyptian Red Crescent, she has won over even these youthful critics. Civilians as well as soldiers...
Harvard's varsity skaters tasted their sweetest victory of the season last night in Boston Garden as they edged rival Boston University, 5-4, in the closing minutes of the Beanpot finals to collect their first Beanpot Hockey Championship since...
Sophomore Danny Bolduc's unassisted third-period goal gave Harvard's varsity hockey team a 5-4 victory over the Tigers last Saturday in Princeton's Baker Rink as the Crimson prepared for tonight's contest against arch-rival Boston University in the final round of the 22nd annual Beanpot Hockey Tournament...