Word: rival
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West Germans grumped about the impasse in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization over German rearmament: ". . . Strengthens the unrest in Germany and gives nourishment [to the Communists]," complained Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. NATO's indecision also encouraged some politicking by Adenauer's chief rival, Socialist Boss Kurt Schumacher, who demanded guarantees of German security before Germany contributed to West Europe's defense...
...Roosevelt's own inexhaustible fund of chatty conversation and the glamour of her guests (some of the recent ones: Boxer Ezzard Charles, Cartoonist Al Capp, Minister Perle Mesta, Actress Tallulah Bankhead) have given the program a 2.7 Pulse rating against the 2.3 of her veteran rival Mary Margaret McBride. But what disconcerts many listeners is the drumfire of basic-English commercials, fead in pear-shaped Grotonese, with which the show is slittered. Mrs. Roosevelt may murmur to a distinguished guest: "And now I think Elliott would like to say something...
Although this is Jordan's freshman year with the Crimson, he is an old gridiron rival of Caldwell. Prior to the war the tow coaches opposed each other in the Little Three when Jordan was at Amherst and Caldwell at Williams. When his competition ended in 1942 Jordan had a six to five edge over his rival. In the final contest, his undefeated eleven smeared Caldwell's clean slate, which included a win over Princeton...
...term, representatives of rival soap companies vied with each other and passed out samples of their soap in the Hamilton Hall wash rooms, and on another occasion, an enthusiastic fountain pen company man liberally passed out his product...
Music on the more serious side includes simultaneous rival presentations of Verdi's La Traviata, by the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera Company (City Center, 131 West 55th) tomorrow night. The latter group puts on Aida at 8:15 tonight, Carmen Sunday afternoon, and La Boheme Sunday night...