Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...raids on Panther headquarters, although both Chicago raids last week were exclusively local affairs. There is no doubt that the Panthers, with their caches of weapons and militant speeches, are an unsettling element in ghettos-and not just to the police. Much of their violence has been spent fighting rival black groups. Because of their willingness to shoot back when attacked, they are often blamed for snipings in black neighborhoods. The Panthers' aim is a Marxist-style radical revolution, though so far there has been more tough talk than provable action...
...East-West relations, caused chiefly by the start of the U.S.-Soviet arms-limitation talks in Helsinki and West Germany's signing of the nuclear-nonproliferation treaty. Also, memories have dimmed of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, which dashed earlier hopes for détente. The two rival blocs are now testing each other with initiatives that could lead to a further lowering of international tension...
...combining the economies of the occupied areas with that of Israel. They also scored his plans to settle Israelis in strategic areas, such as the Golan Heights, and his quasi-annexation of occupied territory through the gradual spread of Israeli law. Deputy Premier Yigal Alton, Dayan's chief rival for eventual premiership, joined in the attack on the Defense Minister's economic integration policy but, fearing a vote on the issue, walked out of the meeting before the argument ended...
...brilliance to right Pan Am, which has just posted a record nine-month loss of $4,500,000, compared with earnings of $39,500,000 for the same period last year. On the lucrative North Atlantic run, globe-girdling Pan Am has been nosed out of first place by rival TWA. Pacific routes that once were Pan Am's alone are now aswarm with competitors. To cut its losses, Pan Am has scrapped 23 unprofitable flights in the Pacific and announced layoffs of 450 pilots and flight engineers. Said Halaby last week: "We have not reached...
...leverage of the Ontario unionists, who have a habit of striking at the expiration of each three-year contract. Inco has acquired concessions in Guatemala and Indonesia. The French firm of Le Nickel is mining in New Caledonia. Most important, recent discoveries show that Western Australia may some day rival Ontario as a "nickel province." For the moment, however, anyone who has a source of nickel can make a mint...