Word: contests
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Instead, special teams kept Harvard in the game. Its previously struggling power play, which entered the contest on a 4-for-45 slump, accounted for two of the Crimson's three goals. The man advantage produced the equalizer in the second period, momentarily swinging the momentum back towards Harvard...
...every four GOP primary participants in this year's elections had never before voted in a Republican contest...
Bush had hoped to have the contest wrapped up back in New Hampshire, but a flood of independent and Democratic primary voters have
Faced with the end of an exhilarating Republican skirmish, the pundits speculated endlessly through the night, trying to pinpoint the moment at which John McCain's upstart campaign derailed. Some pointed to his loss in a bitter South Carolina contest; others blamed his lackluster showing in Washington State for slowing his momentum. But while the geographical epicenter of McCain's defeat will remain a matter of spirited debate, there is little doubt as to his demographic downfall. Core Republicans, along with self-identified Christian conservatives, voted for Governor Bush in droves, apparently punishing McCain for his spirited denunciation...
Though Bush demurred Tuesday night when asked directly about his plans for the general election, insisting the race for the nomination "isn't over yet," his suddenly conciliatory tone toward McCain told another story. "I didn't take anything that was said in this contest personally," Bush declared. "It's time for our party to come together again to end the era of Clinton and Gore...