Word: versa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hardly a week passes during which the Vrdolyak forces do not try to embarrass the mayor. Or vice versa. "Neither side is willing to let the other side look good," says Northwestern University Urbanologist Louis Masotti. The polarizing, paralyzing power struggle appears likely to continue at least through the next mayoral election in 1987. But as Masotti warns, "Winning in 1987 may be an empty prize if our schools are in disarray, our social services deteriorate and our crime gets out of control." -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Lee Griggs/Chicago
Normally, men are matched to women and vice-versa, but at Mather House 35 more males than females signed up. Only after five men withdrew and some women agreed to have two Santees did an exact pairing result. Winthrop House chose similar measures to balance their 220 participants...
...devoted as sportsmen are to collecting shiny gewgaws, this is the only athletic mantel piece that would be noticed at Westminster Abbey, and the thought of it cradled under the arm of Flutie, or vice versa, brings a smile. Exactly 25 Ibs. of bronze immortality, the Heisman figurine depicts a stiff-arming ballcarrier, a suggestive pose these past 49 years to a literal-minded electorate that now numbers 1,050 experts, some of whom have seen a college football game this season. Although emblematic of the best player, whatever his position, the Heisman never has exalted an interior lineman...
...President's autocratic rule. Around the country, meanwhile, the 10,000 guerrillas of the Communist New People's Army have continued to gain momentum in their 16-year struggle against the central government. That political instability has compounded economic uncertainty, and vice versa. Already the nation is burdened with a foreign debt of at least $26 billion. Last month a U.S. Senate staff report declared that many Filipinos take it as a "foregone conclusion that the Marcos era is in its terminal stage...
...only major complaint with Persian Gulf is that, once in a while, they seem to form their melodies around the lyrics rather than vice versa. As a result, parts of their songs (especially "Pieces of Eve"), can seem stilted or forced. Otherwise, however, this is a band with something to say. It's too bad that the majority of American listeners will never hear...