Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Orleans' oldest daily newspaper (founded 1837) is the morning Times-Picayune, and no competitor has ever seriously challenged its dominance. The Picayune* sent George Wilkins Kendall, reputedly the first U. S. war correspondent, to Vera Cruz in 1847, published the peace treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo before the President of the U. S. even saw it. Before there was a telegraph, the Picayune used to set up stories in type on steamers bound from Mobile to New Orleans, send them galloping through the streets to press by team and wagon...
...good news came just ten days after its potent Pittsburgh competitor, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., announced a 6% November wage bonus, compared to 4% in October for its 45,000 employes. Westinghouse's bonus system, adopted in 1936, boosts wages 1% for each $60,000 by which average monthly earnings for the previous three months exceed $600,000, cuts them 1% for every $60,000 below this par. Westinghouse's profit-sharing payments to Nov. 1 this year...
Finally the fatal letters will be awarded to each competitor. In these envelopes will be written the outcome of the competition. There are three positions to be filled by the five...
...will be chosen as Assistant Varsity Manager in his Junior year, to be Varsity Manager as a Senior; the second man will become the Assistant Junior Varsity Manager, Junior Varsity Manager as a Senior; and the third competitor will be the Assistant Associate Manager...
Sendak will attempt to overshadow his feminine competitor by displaying his entire repertoire of tricks, including a difficult triple flip, before the game...