Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scheme was originally devised as a protective measure for Europe against the gyrations of the dollar. But as the deutsche mark became an increasingly popular reserve currency in the treasuries of many countries, some economists suspected Schmidt was chauvinistically trying to create a "mark zone" that would eventually rival the dollar's dominion in international finance...
...with a BA in his hand does not know what to do next, he is more apt to shrug and say, "I guess I'll go to business school." As President Bok says in his annual report this year, treating the B-School, "Before long, a business education will rival legal training as an outlet for ambitious students of uncertain vocation, since everyone who aspires to 'take charge' and 'run something' will perceive that a business degree offers a path-way to manage any complex organization from a company to a hospital to a government...
...alumnus is needed. Yale's class of 1954 currently holds the record for any single class at any college with $1,636,000 donated. (1636 is the year of Harvard's founding and some officials suggested that Yale might have fudged the total a little to gall its ancient rival.) The Harvard Class of '54 had more than $1.3 million in the till in May, and fund-raising officials are confident that both the goal and Yale's record are within reach...
...transfer of authority over El Arish. "It's easy for each side to get along with each other," said Egyptian Brigadier General Hassan Abdel Fatah. "Some of the Israelis are from Arab countries, and they speak fluent Arabic." On the streets of the city, soldiers of the once rival armies exchanged currency as souvenirs...
...surprised to find that Vice Premier Deng, only recently regarded as the undisputed leader of China, "seemed restrained, almost wistful-not the self-confident boss secure at the top of the greasy pole he so often climbed before." By contrast, the columnist found Deng's reputed rival, Party Chairman Hua, to be "well informed and composed He didn't give the impression of someone being threatened from below...