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Word: vies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...race, Hussein had to vie with a gang of runners. In the early going, Hussein was one of 15 or so runners in the lead pack. Over the first nine miles, six runners held the lead at one time...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Just Like What it Was | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

...plot (surprise, surprise) revolves around the competition between a likable but apparently low-born shepherd Strephon (Arthur Fuscaldo), who happens to be a fairy from the waist up, and therefore immortal, yet insufficiently prestigious to vie with the rapacious royals for the fair Phyllis' (Laurie Myers) hand in marriage...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Frolicking With Fairies | 4/14/1988 | See Source »

August 1985: Several former Harvard staff members, led by Kris Rondeau, split from the UAW after months of in-fighting, to form the independent Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW). The UAW remains on campus and the two groups vie for employee support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Chronology of Union Activity | 3/15/1988 | See Source »

...columns and went home. Meanwhile, in front of the Village, one of the enemies of capitalism, G.D.R. Figure Skater Alexander Koenig, 21, politely priced a taxi and apologetically demurred. "Three dollars to the Chinook Center? I'll wait for the shuttle," he said. "Not much money. C'est la vie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: The Memory Count | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...third oldest state. The nonpartisan American Association of Retired Persons, boasting 300,000 members in the state, is spending $250,000 on TV ads and phone banks to prompt older Iowans to make their presence felt on caucus night. Senior-citizen centers are frequent campaign stops, as most candidates vie to affirm their commitment to the sanctity of ever rising Social Security benefits. Only Babbitt, who advocates full taxation of benefits for the affluent, and Dole, who is willing to freeze cost of living adjustments, dissent from this united front of pandering politicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Folks with First Say | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

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