Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than four decades, the most important foreign policy challenge facing any President has been managing relations with the other superpower. The Soviet Union is the only state that can threaten America's existence; it is the principal U.S. rival for influence around the world; and its totalitarian political system is anathema to American values...
...example, Jackson, one of baseball's greatest hitters, became a victim of the conspiracy, since he couldn't read or write. Sweeney, whose swing could rival that of some real-life baseball players, brilliantly portrays Jackson as a simple man who knows only one thing: how to hit a baseball. Buck Weaver also represents this innocence, and Cusack does an exceptional job of playing this typical "man against the world" character...
WASHINGTON--Democrat Michael Dukakis proposed a broad health insurance program for American workers Tuesday and told Republican rival George Bush, "it's about time you came out from behind that flag" and addressed the issue. Meanwhile, Bush visited the nation's largest flag manufacturer...
...Herrera faces serious obstacles. For one thing, Noriega is well aware of his rival's moves, and has dismissed him from the military. Noriega has already stifled one overt coup attempt and nipped other plans. He and seven loyalists known as the "Magnificent Seven" constitute a ruthless faction eager to continue profiting from drugs and corruption...
...Michael S. Dukakis, the Democratic presidential nominee, and his running mate Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen turned up the heat yesterday in a get-tough campaign against their rival, Vice President George Bush, who buoyantly prepared for a cross-country tour of industrial states rich in electoral votes...