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Word: vies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...million service is the latest to vie for highbrows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Cable's Cultural Crapshoot | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

Renault is the world's fourth largest automotive firm.* It earned profits of $160 million last year, compared with a $349 million loss for privately owned rival Peugeot S.A. Well-heeled graduates of France's elite schools vie for jobs at Renault. So do assembly-line workers, whose tasks are made easier by an array of robots in some cases more sophisticated than those in Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nationalization, French-Style | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

...found a youngster who, though she has never acted before, has vulnerability and intelligence. Still the film seems inconsequential. Anne and her friends learn a few things and grow up a notch or two, the way people always do in stories of this kind. C'est la vie, c'est l'ennui...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Roadies | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

Defense will be the key this weekend as the Crimson travel to Kingston R.I., to vie for the EAIAW championship. Although originally scheduled to meet the University of New Hampshire, Harvard will face host University of Rhode Island in Friday morning's semifinals...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Laxwomen Beat Huskies, 13-2, Look to Easterns | 4/30/1981 | See Source »

...tournament win allows the ruggers to vie against three other regional winners for the national crown...

Author: By Steven J. Rosston, | Title: Ruggers Snatch First at Eastern Championships | 4/14/1981 | See Source »

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