Word: vied
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Seventy-five schools that traditionally produce the most scientists were eligible to form clusters and vie for the $8 million fund, called the Pew Science Program in Undergraduate Education, said Joan Girgus, director of the program. Schools within each cluster will use the funds to invigorate their science curriculums, she said...
...addition, the two, who emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1986, announced yesterday that they intend to vie for the World Championship in chess, as representatives of the United States...
Ultra- Orthodox militants fight to impose religious law on a secular Israel. -- Three Kims vie for South Korea' s presidency...
...reveal their policy positions. The challenge for Bush is particularly acute: he must forge a mild Declaration of Independence from the President without risking his claim as rightful heir. And as outsiders in a two-man race, Kemp and du Pont can afford to be outspoken as they vie for the allegiance of the conservative faithful...
Next Sunday Philadelphia has scheduled a hot-air balloon race that will cross the city and end in New Jersey; 13 balloons, representing the 13 original states will vie for the title of the nation's No. 1 gas bag. Representatives of Congress are expected to hold a symbolic meeting in Congress Hall on July 16, and on Sept. 17 -- the day the Constitution was formally approved by convention delegates -- President Reagan, former Chief Justice Warren Burger and congressional leaders will be present as a giant parade passes Independence Hall. A mammoth picnic along the Delaware River waterfront will follow...