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Word: rivalled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doubts that Butcher, 42, can put money into motion. He spent more than $2.5 million to win the primary, and will probably spend at least that much this fall to defeat his Republican rival, former Nixon Aide Lamar Alexander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Jake Butcher: Another Lance? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Illinois Republican Charles Percy never had any qualms about running for a third term in the Senate. Nor did he have any doubt that he would be reelected. Through the summer and fall Percy, 59, enjoyed a huge 20-point lead in the polls over his obscure Democratic rival, Alex Seith, 44, a Chicago lawyer who had never before run for office. Percy scheduled only three weeks of heavy campaigning just before the election and expected a landslide victory, perhaps bigger than his 2-to-l triumph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Percy's Problem | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Housed in a sleek campus of cantilevered concrete labs and trim glass high-rises, Caltech has achieved international influence far disproportionate to its size. The school has only 251 faculty members, 812 undergraduates and 851 graduate stu dents, making it roughly one-fifth the size of friendly rival M.I.T. Two-thirds of the incoming freshmen in an average Caltech class have scored a perfect 800 on advanced-mathematics college-entrance exams. Seventeen of its faculty and alumni have received Nobel prizes; two weeks ago, Alumnus Robert Wilson, now a researcher at Bell Labs, joined this elite roster by sharing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Community of Scientists | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...Rival experts tell how to win votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Media Mesmerists | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...nephews, as well as his illegitimate son Cesare, Cardinals. In 1503, both father and son fell gravely ill. Alexander died after a week's illness; Cesare survived. It is widely thought that the two master poisoners accidentally partook of the poisoned beverage that they had intended for a rival Cardinal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Shedding the Dutch Curse | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

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