Word: rival
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Roosevelt could be dispensed with by wishful thinking, next in favor for the Chief Executive's seat would be Thomas E. Dewey, according to the poll, who, with 33.8 per cent favorable votes, holds a commanding 3 to 1 lead over his nearest rival, Paul V. McNutt...
...Nebraska, where the primary election was expected to be a straw in the wind of this year's farm votes, ripe and eager was Thomas E. Dewey, silent and aloof was his rival. Senator Arthur Vandenberg. Twice "Buster" Dewey had invaded Nebraska, speechifying, conferring, shaking every hand within reach. Senator Vandenberg, though he was backed by most of the regular party leaders, had made it clear that any nomination must come to him "from the deliberative judgment of the American people." The best his campaign managers could think up was to bluster that young Mr. Dewey was pushing...
...University of Michigan: the National Collegiate A. A. swimming meet; for the fourth year in a row; with a total of 45 points; humbling the teams of 35 U. S. colleges and nosing out Yale, its traditional closest rival, by three points; in Yale's magnificent Payne Whitney Pool, at New Haven. Tied with its host in the halfway standings, Michigan clinched the championship in the very last event on the two-day program with a world-record-breaking 3:31 in the 400-yd. free-style relay...
...pretended devotion for the patriarch of Chinese revolution, Dr. Sun Yatsen, deserted him, later worked for him again, watched lovingly over his deathbed; studied in Japan on Imperial Scholarships awarded by the Manchu dynasty, tried to assassinate the Manchu Prince Regent; praised Russian Communism and opposed a young rival named Chiang Kai-shek because Chiang was such a conservative, then abandoned Communism and joined Chiang in condemnation of Japan, finally deserted Chiang to become Japan's best friend in China...
SOUTH PITTSBURGH, Tenn.--Twelve men suffered gunshot wounds--none serious--in a clash between members of rival coal miners' unions near the Battle Creek Mining Company today...