Word: vies
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Brezhnev may well survive his latest illness just as he prevailed over the ailments that periodically weakened him during the past decade. Still, tension within the Kremlin may mount as contenders for power vie for position. Apparently out of the running is Andrei Kirilenko, 75, a onetime favorite who has not been seen in public since mid-February. The most visible contender for the succession is Konstantin Chernenko, 70, a longtime Brezhnev aide who has consistently appeared standing next to the President in recent months. Other Politburo members vying for the succession include Moscow Party Chief Viktor Grishin, Leningrad Party...
...there were inevitable reminders of the strife that now rages through the tiny, heavily populated country. As party officials raised their arms to wave or flash victory signs, their shirts rode up to reveal the black barrels of pistols-standard equipment in a campaign in which threats of death vie with leaflets and posters as tools of political persuasion...
...family of dazzling twelfth-century English monarchs. It would take a heavy directorial hand, indeed, to dull the brilliant salvos of dialogue that flash from member to member of the illustrious Plantagenets--Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the future Richard Lionheart. Geoffrey Monmouth, and King John--as they vie for control of England's future. "I was torn from you by the midwife," the adolescent John cries out at this mother, "and I haven't seen you since." "Yes," chimes in sullen Richard, his rival for the throne, "blame the midwife. She threw out the baby and kept the afterbirth...
...over following Brezhnev's resignation or death, Kirilenko has been absent from recent state functions. But whether Kirilenko or Chernenko wins out, either one of the septuagenarians could end up serving only as a caretaker while such "younger" Politburo members as Viktor Grishin, 67, and Grigori Romanov, 59, vie for position. If so, neither the power struggle nor the rumormongering in Moscow will cease for long...
...party factions vie, Jaruzelski steers a cautious course...