Word: contests
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Many analysts have said the contest between Gore and Bush has been marked by a public perception that the candidates are similar in both policy and personal history...
...semifinal game, the Crimson lost another tough match to a strong UMass squad, 8-4. In defeating the Crimson for the fifth time this year, Minutewomen goaltender Dana Sinkwich had 16 saves in the contest, and held Harvard scoreless until the third quarter...
Harvard led the contest 5-4 at the break, after the two teams traded tallies through the first 30 minutes...
...that simple, of course. Time Warner Cable - which has wide control over cable outlets in several major markets across the country, including the viewer-rich New York City area - and Disney, which owns ABC and several other networks, such as ESPN, have been involved in a spitting contest for the last four months, ever since their latest long-term contract expired. According to reports, Disney, whose confidence has been boosted by the spectacular success of shows like "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," wants Time Warner to agree to carry several Disney networks, including the heretofore premium Disney Channel...
...Romantic love versus love of the Game? No contest. The raw energy in the roaring slapshot, the primal urge to throw somebody into the boards, the sheer ecstasy of scoring the beautiful goal—to seek these is all the libido we could ever need. Romance and relationships are noisy and complicated, inevitably fraught with unpleasant difficulties. But a simple, crisp, pinpoint pass from one end of the ice to the other—executed with just a single, silent look—is nothing less than two souls moving in perfect harmony...