Word: vies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rebellious young radicals would not dream of sitting down to dinner without a deep bow to their honorable grandfathers. The campuses are torn by challenges to authority, but 70% of Japan's marriages are still "arranged." Along the streets of the teeming cities, miniskirts and high heels vie with ankle-length kimonos and wooden clogs. The glass-and-steel sheaths of modern commerce along the main arteries give way to delicate wooden teahouses on cobblestoned side streets, and the skyline juxtaposes industry's mammoth cranes and chimneys with the softly curving roofs of Buddhist temples...
They're called the South African Open Championships. In fact, they are shut tight to a black man, as U.S. Tennis Ace Arthur Ashe discovered when he applied for a visa and a chance to vie for the title. The government allowed, however, that Ashe would be permitted to enter the country as a member of a U.S. Davis Cup team. Maybe. By blackballing Ashe, South Africa could be disqualified for Davis Cup competition...
Yardling Dave Elliott, fresh from a remarkably fast win in his last 1000, will vie for honors in the Bill Bingham 880. "Elliott has been doing some sensational things lately, and I rate him as a favorite in the half," said McCurdy...