Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shaky Claim. The debate is wrapped in enormous practical and psychological importance for the principals. For Peking, expulsion of the rival who has held the seat marked "China" for two decades would be a tremendous victory. For Taipei, expulsion would further weaken Chiang Kai-shek's shaky claim to head the legitimate government not only of Taiwan but of all China. For Moscow, the debate underscores an agonizing conflict between its long-standing hostility to Peking and its longer-standing commitment to support a fellow Communist regime. For the Nixon Administration, preoccupied with a possible clash among right-wingers...
...Chief Rival. These domestic difficulties may well lead to a political crisis. The defense-minded country is living beyond its means. Preparing the 1972 budget, Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir demanded a $476 million cut from this year's $3.1 billion figure. He called for a 16% reduction in defense spending, which accounts for 40% of the budget, and threatened to resign unless the cut is carried...
...five teams retained their rankings in this week's Associated Press college football poll, but Oklahoma gained 130 points on Big Eight rival Nebraska to come within striking range of the No. 1 Cornhuskers...
...Harvard showing against Cornell, considered to be Penn's leading rival in the Ivy League, was far more impressive than the team's performance against the Quakers...
...whole been directed against him personally. But his response has been harsh. He fired First Vice Premier In Tam and stripped him of his brigadier general's rank. In Tam is widely respected as an incorruptible politician, but Lon Nol apparently feared that he would be an eventual rival...