Word: rivals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Women's Champion was Mrs. Lela Hall of East Lynne, Mo. Tiny (100 lb.), determined and a dead shot with a twelve-gauge gun that nearly kicked her off her feet, she broke 191 targets, four better than her closest rival...
...racket to welcome her instead of standing still and bowing, he reached the semi-finals after defeating Bunny Austin. He beat Baron von Cramm in the Davis Cup interzone final and took a set from Perry when the U. S. played England in the challenge round. His only serious rival for No. 1 in U. S. ranking this year-unless something unpredictable occurs at Forest Hills-is Shields. When they met in the final of the Newport Casino invitation tournament last fortnight, Budge won in five sets...
...rival steamboat captain against whom Rogers has a frantic last-reel race with their boats the stake, Cobb is completely relaxed, spending all his time on the bridge leaning on the rail, squatting, lying down, bibbing mint juleps, funneling smoke from long black cigars. When, finally, he believes the race won, he decides to take a nap. Stretching out on the bridge's settee, he closes his eyes, murmurs to the mate: "When I fall asleep, take this cigar out of my mouth. I've burned up four boats already...
Built in 1911, her 46,439-ton hull was the biggest, most sumptuous ever launched in Great Britain. Year later she had a momentary rival in her sistership, the Titanic, but not until the Queen Mary slid down the ways in 1934 did British shipbuilders actually surpass the Olympic in tonnage...
Expert Inquisition. The first thing that Senator Black proceeded to prove was that he was an abler headlinemaker than his House rival. Mr. Hopson before any committee is a witness expert at avoiding damaging admissions, at amplifying his answers into attacks upon his opponents. Nonetheless, Senator Black promptly began producing from his lips facts worthy of headlines at least bigger than those that Representative O'Connor had been able to evoke...