Word: contest
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...fact, Hua has for months appeared to be losing out in his contest for power with Deng, TIME Peking Bureau Chief Richard Bernstein reported. Last September Deng elbowed him out of the country's premiership to make way for younger, more pragmatic government leaders. In Deng's controlled press, articles indirectly accused Hua of blocking the dismissal of venal provincial officials, opposing economic reforms and acting like an old-style palace eunuch who rose to power by toadying to the Emperor-in this case, Hua's onetime patron...
...game may have been about as close to a must-win situation as a non-league contest is likely to get. Already demoralized by the unexpected loss at Catholic, the 72-46 blow-out at the hands of the Holy Cross Crusaders crushed a lot of the confidence the team had left, so the New Hampshire contest took on added importance...
...Crimson's come-from-behind, 80-79 victory over UNH last Saturday may tell more about this team than any other contest so far this year...
After O'Dell's second red-lighter to end the first period, Newell, playing on a makeshift line of defensemen, converted a Jennifer White rebound to knot the contest at three. Moments later, leading scorer Diane Hurley tapped in a Lightfoot centering pass for a 4-3 Crimson lead...
Harder's first two lines, which will rotate in and out for most of tonight's contest, have tallied 15 of the Crimson's 17 goals this season. Yardling Diane Hurley, skating with Alex Lightfoot and Sara Fischer on the first line, leads the team in scoring, with three goals and two assists. Fischer and Lightfoot join second liners Firkins Reed and Vicki Palmer with four points each...