Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...battle to define the post-liberal soul of the Democratic Party. Last August, when the presidential race was still seven characters in search of an audience, they squared off in a debate over trade policy. One sentence from that half- forgotten practice round crystallizes the differences between these rival claimants. Dukakis turned to Gephardt and said, "You want a law, I want...
...crunchers that can do everything from designing jumbo jets to forecasting the < weather. But the company fell behind schedule last year in its drive to bring out a new generation of machines that would have eight central processors instead of four. In the meantime, Cray's main American supercomputer rival, ETA, this year unveiled machines with up to eight processors...
...exploring ways to bring together retirees with skills and time to spare and young people in need of training and guidance. With the encouragement of the First Lady, the Foster Grandparent program is expanding rapidly. The assumption that one generation can serve as a resource rather than a rival to another, most advocates on both sides would agree, holds far more promise than any call to arms...
Struggling to keep his candidacy viable, Bush badly needed a win in New Hampshire. Two weeks ago polls showed him leading Dole by 20 points in the state. Late last week most surveys found the race too close to call. Dole was poised to upset a rival whose nomination had been portrayed as inevitable...
...compete in the tough global environment, Merck pulls in more than half its sales from overseas customers. At a time when much of corporate America is focused on the next quarter's bottom line, Merck plows a higher chunk of its revenues into research and development (11%) than any rival drug company. Right now it has 50 new medicines in the works. And while other corporate chieftains spend much < of their time prowling for acquisitions, Vagelos prefers to look inward, spurring the research effort, boosting productivity and instilling a keenly competitive spirit...