Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Opponents vow to fight the plan in Congress, which must approve the sale. Chairman Hays Watkins of rival CSX promises that the sale "will be resisted by every resource at our command and in every forum where the challenge can be brought." Conrail Chairman L. Stanley Crane, a retired president of Southern Railway who took over in 1981, opposes the sale to any of the bidders because he thinks the asking price is too low. He wants instead to sell the company through a public stock offering. Republican Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania agrees with that plan because it would...
...year, Cornell won 3-1 at Harvard. Nevertheless, the Crimson went on to win an ECAC Championship, and Cavanagh, who never in his career beat the Big Red, reached second place on the all-time Harvard career scoring list (178 points). Cornell, 2-0 against its arch-rival, finished fourth in the ECAC...
...have a large team instead of just a few really outstanding swimmers," Rival said...
...magnificent "Lost Cities" of the Andes. The remarkably well-preserved complex, known as Gran Pajaten, is thought to have been built by an advanced pre-Incan civilization almost 1,500 years ago. Archaeologist Thomas Lennon, head of the expedition, believes that once excavated, the ancient site may rival even Machu Picchu, one of the grandest Incan ruins...
...blues, the ultimate expression of romantic attack, have been modified by the cooperative image of romantic attack, have been modified by the cooperative image of romance. One of the real secrets of hip-hop's appeal is its overt recognition that love is question of beating out your romantic rival and dazzling your lover...