Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...game marked by repeated errors, the varsity rugby team bowed yesterday to its cross-river rival, the Harvard Business School...
...been calculated that if books continue to be written about Samuel Beckett at the present rate then by the end of the century their sum will rival that devoted to the top figures in world publishing history: Lincoln, Napoleon and Christ...
...uninitiated, drag racing may be easily confused with the rival sport of stock-car racing. In both, the cars sometimes bear a superficial resemblance. But in stocks, the autos career around oval tracks for as many as 500 miles before crossing the finish line; dragsters hurtle down a 1,320-ft. asphalt strip under the watchful electronic eye of an automatic timer. The cars usually race in pairs, but drivers are out to beat the clock as much as each other...
...September, the young people of the neighborhood assured action by state and city officials. On September 5, 150 youths, organized into rival black and white gangs, battled police for two hours, leaving six wounded. The rioting drew heavy press coverage, and collected a gaggle of officials. At the riot scene, Thomas Atkins, Secretary of the State Department of Communities and Development, met City Manager John Corcoran, and decided to call a meeting of city and state officials at Corcoran's suggestion...
That settles Rousseau's hash. Goldfein is no kinder to Freud. The great alienist, he imagines, met his rival Jung one day while strolling in Vienna. Freud felt faint, swooned, and sat down in the dust. Jung, much concerned, offered analysis: "We clear the air, eh, Sigmund? Ah yes, your passing out was a good thing. Hysterical. Yes. Hysteria neurosis. But a good thing." Freud blamed the fall on slippery leaves. " 'You passed out!' Carl insisted. 'Admit it. I know a shlip when I see one ... believe me, it was a healthy thing.' " Freud, much...