Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...allegations that the CIA fostered assassinations as an instrument of policy were to be proved true, the U.S. would be put in rather rare historical company. Although killing rulers and leaders is a human practice that sometimes seems commonplace, it has usually been the work of individual fanatics, rival factions within a nation, insurrectionists, nationalists seeking to throw off external government, or citizens moved to eliminate a tyrant. Seldom have governments set out to kill the principals of other governments as a matter of cool policy, even with the bloodiest provocation...
Political assassination was frequent in highly civilized 8th century Spain. Most murders were committed by rival factions. So, too, in the Ottoman Empire, where assassination was used for political consolidation and transfer of power. When Sultan Murad III died in 1595 leaving 20 sons out of 47 surviving children, Murad's successor, Mohammed III, eliminated his competition by murdering his 19 brothers...
Leaving Balanchine for the rival A.B.T. was a wrench, but Gelsey has matured fast. Immersing herself in long romantic ballets has made her stage personality stronger. But what really gives Gelsey's dancing the sense of surprised delight is her energy. That was what first brought her to Balanchine's attention. Surveying a class of eleven-year-olds, he told them to do a step "with great energy." Gelsey was so sprung she fell flat. "That's right," beamed Mr. B., and he skipped her a whole division...
...normal channels of getting known in New York did not work in Pepper's favor. Apart from being a woman (not an advantage for sculptors), she worked at an angle from the rival modes of both minimalism and open-welded construction. Worse, she was not part of the New York scene, and did not take part in what was conventionally called its "dialogue." "People have criticized me for living abroad," Pepper recalls, "but I think isolation freed me. The idea of being part of a group still depresses me." In any case, her style was wrong. Prepotent...
Gliding Down. Vaulter Smith, 23, has had a tougher climb to the top. He joined the pro tour last year to compete head to head with Old Rival Bob Seagren. He has since taken Seagren twelve out of 18 times. And at Madison Square Garden the last week in May, Smith soared 18 ft. 5 in., exceeding by an inch his own world indoor mark...