Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gierek faced a difficult decision. To break the strike would alienate workers and strengthen the position of his chief rival, General Mieczyslaw Moczar, the tough law-and-order security chief who crushed a 1947 Lodz strike in which two workers died and 80 were wounded. The Soviet Union came to Gierek's rescue by offering an estimated $500 million in credits and grain shipments. Buoyed by Soviet help, Gierek was able to cancel the price increases. The Lodz workers went back to work and the rest of the country remained quiet...
Potentially, California has always been one of the world's greatest vineyards. The state's favorable soil and climate rival and in some ways surpass that of the wine-producing areas of France. Only in recent years, however, have California vintners been able to overcome the popular impression-once founded on fact-that most of their wines lacked the mellow appeal of Europe's output. One consequence is a splurge of expansion that has lured both big corporations and a remarkable number of individual entrepreneurs into the California wine industry...
...last week, when Antigua staged its parliamentary elections, the tune had changed. Outside the Green House, his state residence in St. Johns, Bird was often taunted by children who poked cruel fun at his wart-pocked face. Opponent George Herbert Walter, a former Birdman who established a rival political party and labor union four years ago, coined the slogan: "Spread the word, sweep out Bird." Walter, 32, charged that Antigua's prosperity was cruelly selective. He said that the hotels and refinery hired Antiguans for menial work but reserved the best jobs for whites, that the casino collected millions...
...have made him the leading figure among Britain's younger pianists. Even in an age when glittering technique is almost taken for granted, Ogdon's facility for both the finespun and the fantastic is prodigious. Says Stephen Bishop, 30, a London-based American, and a friendly keyboard rival of Ogdon's: "He has absolutely volcanic energy. I mean, the piano actually moves sometimes...
...European currency would rival the U.S. dollar as a medium of international exchange. By acting in concert, the Common Market countries could raise the value of their currencies, in effect devaluing the dollar. Washington would welcome that event, since effective devaluation would make American goods more competitive abroad. But should the Europeans, with their new-found unity, decide to limit the amount of dollars they accept, the consequences could be quite painful...