Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...abortive attempts to establish wife and family provide the structure of the piece, wants only to settle for a little peace and quiet, is willing to suffer living with his in-laws, even tries to look the other way as his girl leaves him to make it with a rival. There are shafts of comedy, to be sure, but it is the comedy of Beckett despite the naturalistic settings...
...large doggedly recreate the characters' hopelessly grim environment--even at the cost of a few emotional deadends. Leigh Montayne takes the part of Len and turns it into a believable, if curiously passive portrait of a nice guy just too intent on finishing last. In contrast, as his rival Fred, Frank W. Leupold enters a stylish, occasionally overly malignant performance. As Mary, the mother of Len's girlfriend, Nora Jacobson is most convincing, a catch-all of stray hairs and wasted spirits. Rounding out the household. Lynne Breslin and Richard Christenson are no less relenting in the purpose with which...
...skepticism, irreverence, even downright disbelief. But George Stanley McGovern, 49, once an obscure prairie politician, has somehow struck a responsive chord in the voters; he is now ahead in the extraordinary testing of Democratic presidential postulants in 1972. With Muskie out of the race, McGovern's chief rival is Humphrey, the ever-ebullient 1968 nominee, a hardy perennial compared to the burgeoning McGovern. If his momentum holds, McGovern could well take the Democratic nomination; if it does not, and Humphrey becomes the candidate, the fierceness of McGovern's supporters could well mean a Democratic Party sundered more deeply...
Penn is clearly the favorite, with cross state rival Penn State another strong competitor. Under Robert Hays, who is in his 26th year as coach, the Quakers have run up a 14-1 record...
...Senate subcommittee investigating antitrust implications of the proposed ABA-NBA merger was told yesterday that it is the ABA's failure to draw fans, not the bidding war with the rival NBA, that is the prime reason some ABA teams are in danger of folding...