Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last year, the Harvard field hockey team surprised its critics--and even itself-by topping crosstown rival Northeastern...
...chance opened up for the largest development in the area when the University decided not to renew the contract of the Harvard Motor House, a favored hotel for parents of undergraduates. Instead, it leased the Motor House to the part-owners of the rival Charles Square Hotel. These new lessors plan to replace the House with an office building...
...most startling revelation was Toshiba Machine's apparent rationale for the illegal sales. The report tells how the Soviets had tempted Toshiba once before, during the mid-1970s, with an offer to buy advanced milling machines. Toshiba dutifully refused at that time, but then watched in frustration as a rival company, a now defunct French firm called Ratier- Forest, apparently filled the order instead. (French authorities are investigating that transaction...
...First City, a holding company that operates 61 banks in Texas and one in South Dakota. Abboud, who will become chairman, is kicking in $5 million of his personal funds. His group, which had been conducting secret negotiations with the FDIC since November, beat out at least three rival bidders...
Aquino may reinstate most of her Cabinet ministers, but one case will be a problem: Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo. When she asked the Cabinet to resign last November, the move was designed largely to oust a rival, Juan Ponce Enrile, who was then Defense Minister. This time the likely target is a faithful friend of more than 15 years. Arroyo, 61, whose first name derives from his father's fondness for card playing, is easily the most powerful member of the Cabinet. The former human rights lawyer screens Aquino's official papers and correspondence as well as all requests...