Word: rivals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This sudden cessation of business activity was caused by a Federal investigation. Several weeks ago Samuel Reinstein, New York white slave racketeer, was murdered in Boston by a rival gang. A U. S. attorney, investigating the killing, disclosed that 50 murders in Massachusetts and neighboring states had been traced to white slave rings operating unmolested in Boston. Raids on the South End district were begun, primarily to trace the Reinstein killers...
...Rival of Corneille: Britannicus...
...Rival of Corneille: Berenice--the forerunner of Voltaire: Bajazet...
...Rival of Corneille: Mithridate...
Small of stature but agile and smart is William M. ("Billy") Hughes, kinetic oldster, Wartime Prime Minister of Australia. Fortnight ago he worked a shrewd wangle in the Dominion Parliament, caused the defeat by one vote of the Cabinet of his bitter personal rival for leadership of the Nationalist Party, youthful Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce (TIME, Sept. 23). This made necessary a General Election called for Oct. 12. Delighted with his disruptive handiwork, Billy Hughes celebrated one night last week by attending at Sydney, Australia, what he said was his first wrestling match...