Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...losing the title last year to his teammate Hull. Mikita should have no trouble winning it back this year. Against the Detroit Red Wings last week, he scored one goal and an assist to run his league-leading point total to 76, a good 20 more than his closest competitor...
Suspense built unbearably in the duration contest after the first competitor's plane curled insolently around a light and spiralled slowly to the floor. Would his :5.2 time be beaten? It seemed impossible until Sanford Rugens stepped to the stage and with a graceful hop flung his hand high...
...contest did not escape a bitter taint. One disgruntled competitor in Wednesday's preliminaries complained to the CRIMSON about "the disqualification of my own entry -- a large spitball -- on the grounds that it was wet. Wet, yes. It is the nature of a spitball to be wet. Illegal, no. My entry was made of paper, as the rules required...
What really drives the stores to distraction is the customer who tries to return a gift bought from a competitor or at a reduced price in a discount house. Merchandisers tell the tale of one buyer whose pre-Christmas inventory totaled six toasters; the week after New Year's it had swelled to twelve. One New York City housewife has raised the technique to a high art. Each year her husband receives a gift box of Fabergé perfumes from the manufacturer. The lady returns it, bottle by bottle, to all the stores where she has charge accounts, thus...
...rush went into its last hectic week, retailers had an arsenal of toy guns, helmets, boy-size bazookas and similar military attractions unsold upon the shelves. "People are sickened by anything painted in olive drab," said Harvey Cole, a wholesale distributor in the Seattle area. There was, added a competitor, just one exception. "Along comes G.I. Joe and his endless military gear and the parents rush the stores. You explain...