Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...George Bennett prepares to leave the post, Harvard's money passes into the hands of another group of men. Bennett's successor, George Putnam '49, comes from essentially the same world of Boston high finance. But bred in a rival business circle, Putnam doesn't have any special allegiance to the policies of his predecessor...
...more buyer interest when it was touted as having four times as much methylglyoxal as its competition; yet no evidence was offered to support the notion that increasing the amount of methylglyoxal might be in the least beneficial. When Lite Bite Peaches were outweighed on a scale by a rival brand, the consumer panel got the deliberately misleading-but overwhelmingly persuasive-impression that Lite Bite contained fewer calories. Lieberman hopes that the ad agencies will use his findings to help guide them in avoiding misleading advertisements, but says that so far he sees few signs of interest...
...also been accused of promoting Ukrainian nationalism. Voronov was ousted as Premier of the Russian Republic in 1971. Besides lacking enthusiasm for détente, he had disagreed with Brezhnev on agricultural policies. At 62, he may also have been regarded by Brezhnev as a future leadership rival...
...charged that the Emperor was being made a political tool of the government in power in violation of the constitution. Within Tanaka's own party, there was evidently trouble from former Premier Eisaku Sato. Sato reportedly had thought that he. rather than Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira, an old rival, should be accorded the honor of escorting Hirohito and the Empress Nagako to the U.S. Although Sato denied it, Japanese press reports maintained that, when he was turned down, the former Premier began stirring up doubts about the trip within the Imperial Household Agency, which manages Hirohito's official...
...Like many coaches, U.C.L.A.'s John Wooden professes that "illegal recruiting is the bane of college athletics." He is virtually alone, however, in wanting to abolish the flesh trade altogether on the grounds that "our universities should stand on their own merits." Rival coaches, victimized by Wooden basketball teams that have won 75 consecutive games and seven straight national championships, understandably scoff at the proposal. Wooden, they say, can afford to take such an upright stand because U.C.L.A. has long attracted the best high school players on prestige alone. Last week, in fact, Richard Washington of Portland, Ore., considered...