Word: rivals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...realized they were technically--and thus figuratively--"hot" until the press started calling around a month ago. Reno's foes are already sharpening their barbs. House Republicans like Dan Burton, who have seen her as Clinton's protector through various scandal probes, have always relished pitting her against her rival, FBI director Louis Freeh. Though overlooking the troublesome pyrotechnic fact is actually the fault of Freeh's bureau, watch for the G.O.P. to place the blame on Reno. Already the longest-serving Attorney General since 1829, Reno is not likely to find much comfort from Hill Democrats, who are tired...
...Molotov Cafe has become a Bohemian joint almost to rival Cafe Pamplona...
...summer the Family has kept a fearful eye on the forces advancing on the Kremlin. Yuri Luzhkov, Moscow's mayor and the chief (if undeclared) aspirant to Yeltsin's throne, has long been the Kremlin's top rival. In early August, when Luzhkov's party allied with a bloc of Russia's muscular regional leaders (once loyal Yeltsin vassals), Yeltsin was infuriated. The alliance laid bare how fast and far power was draining from the Kremlin. Luzhkov's courtship of Yevgeni Primakov, the former Prime Minister sacked in May, to lead his party in the Duma campaign further caused Yeltsin...
...only thing encouraging about this rally was the turnout," says Anastasijevic. "But as long as the opposition is divided ? and the lack of unity was depressingly evident at the rally ? it will never be able to unseat Milosevic." Draskovic?s main rival, Zoran Djindjic of the Alliance for Change, is calling for a transitional government of experts that would then hold elections in a year or so. Draskovic (whose Serbian Renewal party still commands the most support in the opposition) angrily dismissed the idea as untenable and "dust in the eyes of the people." Draskovic only wants this...
...meet with the filmmakers this week to discuss sequels and prequels. The film's success has even earned Artisan higher visibility on Wall Street, where there's been talk of an IPO or debt offering. In at least one way, however, Artisan does hope to emulate its chief indie rival, Miramax. "In five years' time," says Block, "we certainly want to win an Academy Award for Best Picture." Blair Witch in Love, anyone...