Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...summoned to Beijing in late July to appear before a panel investigating allegations of corruption on the huge island in the South China Sea. In the governor's absence, Hainan is reportedly being run by a Russian-educated vice governor with close ties to Zhao's conservative, Soviet-trained rival, Premier Li Peng. Meanwhile, the ambitious plans that Deng and Zhao envisioned for Hainan's economic development are on hold...
...companies are even adding commercials for local businesses, which include everything from pizza parlors to car washes; these ads are sometimes in addition to those already inserted by the studios. With the same kind of self-righteous growl a dog utters when a rival approaches his dinner bowl, Paramount, which started the phenomenon with Top Gun, has brought suit in a federal court in Wichita to stop such Johnny-come-latelies...
...Captain Christina Dragomirescu, senior Niki Rival, junior Amy deLone and sophomore Jennifer Minkus will be the top returning Harvard players who must live up to the squad's bigshot reputation earned after last spring's solid 15-11 season when the Crimson finished tied for first in the Ivy League...
...Captain Christina Dragomirescu, senior Niki Rival, junior Amy deLone and sophomore Jennifer Minkus will be the top returning Harvard players who must live up to the squad's big-shot reputation earned after last spring's solid 15-11 season when the Crimson finished tied for first in the Ivy League...
...favorite victory came at age 15 over Margaret Smith Court, mere weeks after Court completed a sweep of the Grand Slams. But her finest moment was probably in the final of the 1986 French Open, when she fought back from a set down to defeat her most esteemed rival, Martina Navratilova, and win the title for a record seventh time. The competition with Navratilova spanned 16 years, 80 thrilling matches (Martina leads, 43-37) and countless tears and friendly embraces...