Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pass-completion record), seven years of experience and sound football sense. Stabler stands behind an almost impregnable wall of protection led by Tackle Art Shell and Guard Gene Upshaw, his left arm ever cocked, "the Snake" ready to strike. Few quarterbacks have had a covey of receivers to rival Stabler's. Wide Receiver Fred Biletnikoff, 33, works the sideline like a 190-lb. Wallenda. His hands are liberally coated with Hold-Tite, but all the sticky goo in the world will not replace the 30 min. per day he spends tossing a football against a wall and snatching...
With his new marshal's uniform decked out in numerous awards and medals, with his name glorified in official journals and his words studied by every Russian schoolchild, Brezhnev can scarcely avoid the charge that he has created a cult of personality that may soon rival that of Stalin or Mao. Brezhnev is comfortable in his hero's role, but, particularly in the Soviet Union, fame is fleeting. Stalin's name is not often mentioned, and Khrushchev's has been expunged from the official language. Yet when Khrushchev celebrated his own 70th birthday...
...saddle Los Angeles with a concert hall that would carry the name of Dorothy Chandler but require public financing. (The plan was later altered to the I. P-T's satisfaction.) Was the Times getting even? Or was it trying to grab readers away from its Long Beach rival? Or was it simply reporting a good story...
...years of double-shift classes in an antiquated building, they moved this fall into a handsome new school built at a cost of $5.7 million. The football, track and wrestling teams all had hopes for statewide ranking, and in the homecoming game the Eagle Point eleven beat its old rival Phoenix High, 20-14. The seniors danced past midnight at the Holiday Inn. That same day, the school closed...
...fifth slot, Nelia Worsely disposed of her rival 3-2. But Tung and Worsely were Radcliffe's lone victors. Margo McClade played a tough match against an exceptionally quick opponent in the number one position, finally going down to defeat 17-16 in the fifth game...