Word: vied
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Particularly about death. The Thracians embraced it. Not just in the manner of all good soldiers--by exceptional courage in war--but also when "honor" did not seem to demand it. For example, a dead warrior's wives would vie madly with one another for the privilege of being the one "favored" by being killed so as to join the husband in death. Then, too, a segment of the population, the Getai, told an interesting legend about resurrection. It seems that the god Zalmoxis told man that he would enjoy eternal life after death. When Zalmoxis died he was resurrected...
...nearly unanimous agreement. Despite obvious progress since their last challenge three years ago with Southern Cross, Australian Real Estate Developer Alan Bond and his team have apparently not yet caught up with the Americans in the complex art of designing, outfitting and sailing the 12-meter thoroughbreds that now vie for the America's Cup. Former U.S. Cupper Bob Bavier, who skippered Constellation to victory in 1964, was so confident that he was predicting a victory for the Americans in four straight...
...John Mason Brown noted that his colleagues seemed singularly omniscient in knowing precisely how a prostitute should look. The luminous and lovely Liv Ullmann is no one's image of a prostitute either. But Anna Christie is such a cheap, cosmetic come-on of a drama as to vie with any streetwalker...
Perhaps Leslie's best tourney showing came in the Inter-City Championships, in which teams from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia vie against each another. She rifled a 78 to finish as Boston's top point getter, carding five-and-a-half out of a possible six matchplay points. Right now, Greis is honing her game for the U.S. Women's Amateur, which will be played at Brae Burn, the site of yesterday's match...
...Spaak should succeed, journalists would no longer vie for le scoop but for l'exclusivité. Le disc-jockey, to be known as l'animateur, would play le palmarès instead of le hit parade. These changes should make le show business as stodgy as it sounds when called l'industrie du spectacle. Clearly, the Belglais controversy will require many sessions of le brainstorming - or rather le remueméninges, which means, hélas, stirring up the membranes of the brain...