Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Aquino, 53, has called the 68-year-old president an evil dictator and blamed him for the 1983 assassination of her husband Benigno, who was Marcos' chief political rival...
...defeat of traditional powerhouse and rival Princeton has been a key in each of those championship seasons...
MANILA, Philippines--Four people were killed stealing ballot boxes, the government said, and a military alert was extended as millions of Filipinos voted this morning for a president--Ferdinand E. Marcos, ruler for 20 years, or Corazon Aquino, widow of his assassinated rival...
...affair has revolved around two rival rescue bids for Westland, an ailing firm that is Britain's only helicopter maker. One came from a West European consortium of defense contractors, including British Aerospace; the other was made by Sikorsky, a division of the U.S. conglomerate United Technologies. Defense Minister Heseltine supported the European bid, arguing that it alone would keep helicopter technology in Britain. Thatcher maintained that she was neutral on the competing rescue plans, but Heseltine accused her of favoring the U.S. offer and resigned after an icy confrontation...
Western observers assumed that the explosion was linked to an ongoing struggle between Lebanon's rival Christian factions. Less than a week earlier, 350 died when troops loyal to President Amin Gemayel defeated a militia force headed by Elias Hobeika, who fled to Paris and then to Damascus. The fight stems from Gemayel's rejection of a Syrian-brokered agreement that was supposed to have brought an end to Lebanon's eleven-year-long civil war. The accord was signed by leaders of Lebanon's Druze and Shi'ite Muslim militias and even by Hobeika, but was turned down...