Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mondale controversy began during last spring's Democratic primaries. Colorado Senator Gary Hart, Mondale's closest rival for the nomination, accused his opponent of using "delegate committees" to pump money illegally into his campaign. The 130 groups, organized by local supporters seeking to become convention delegates, claimed that they were independent of the Mondale organization and thus exempt both from federal limits on national campaign contributions and from the candidate's own pledge to reject money from Political Action Committees. Hart's success in turning the tactic into a campaign issue forced Mondale to disband...
Despite the size of Blaize's triumph, he was never considered a sure winner. Indeed, only two months before the balloting, the dominant political mood in Grenada appeared to be apathy, especially among political moderates. The N.N.P. was hastily cobbled together from three rival Grenadian parties only last August. During the low-key, three-month campaign, Blaize and his supporters emphasized the themes of economic development and safeguards against the abuse of power, while Gairy's G.U.L.P. ran under the slogan "Americans must stay forever." New Jewel loyalists tried to whip up sentiment over alleged CIA interference...
...Treasury trial balloon, released last week, is not the only major tax-reform proposal afloat in Washington. Rival versions were introduced in Congress last year. The Republican plan, sponsored by Congressman Jack Kemp of New York and Senator Robert Kasten of Wisconsin, comes closest to the idea of a "flat tax," a single rate for all taxpayers. The Democratic alternative, sponsored by Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Congressmen Richard Gephardt of Missouri, offers graduated but lower tax rates. Below, the main features affecting individual taxpayers are compared with current...
After an hour and a half of secret balloting, a narrow majority of his colleagues followed suit. On the fourth ballot, Dole defeated Alaska's Ted Stevens, his nearest rival, by a vote of 28 to 25. His prize: the powerful post of majority leader, held since 1981 by Tennessee's Howard Baker, who is retiring from the Senate to prepare for a presidential...
...shelves. Tonka has told some storekeepers that they can expect no more shipments until January of its hot-selling GoBots, innocent trucks and vans that turn into ferocious robots. Transformers, clones of GoBots that are made by Hasbro Bradley, are also in short supply and are now outselling their rival...