Word: contested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...worried Republican Party which itself up off the mat again on election night and ruefully surveyed the returns. The Democrats had won again - in the only Congressional Districts in contest, in the big cities, in upstate New York towns which had been safely Republican for years. Most important, the Democrats won back the crucial Senate seat in New York, which both parties had accepted in advance as the first real 1949 test of Harry Truman's Fair Deal line...
...game resembled a long range kicking contest more than a soccer match as the Crimson attack limited itself to six shots at the Blue goal, spending most of the 80 minutes making unaimed down field kicks. Despite the fact that the Yardling defense worked brilliantly, Yale scored because it controlled the ball for the entire game. The freshmen took only two shots during the second half...
...case the result of this contest is just about as unpredictable as the fall of the half-dollar they'll flip at midfield at 1:45 p.m. This is more than a mere football game they play today; it's a matter of institutional honor
Saybrook bowled over Adams in the final contest of the afternoon yesterday, scoring once in each half. The Gold Coasters' one score came on a long march in the second period, with Rogor Davis and Walt Lubkeman doing most of the running. John Webb scored on an end sweep from four yards...
Lowell's touch football team scored an upset 36 to 24 win over Timothy Dwight College, but was forced into an overtime to do it. Pete Putnam and Chris May scored two touchdowns apiece for the Bellboys, and it was May's first score that tied the contest up in the dying minutes to force an overtime...