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contest and definition
However, contest judges deemed that Schwarzenegger's extra definition and muscularity over Sergio Oliva were substantial enough to award him the title.
Dan Savage, a widely syndicated columnist who was offended by Santorum's remarks, hosted a contest in his Savage Love column for readers to create a definition for " santorum ".
In Fantastic Four # 26, Lee ran a contest asking readers to send in their definition of what " the Marvel Age of Comics " really meant.
To contest the topicality of the affirmative, the negative interprets a word or words in the resolution and argues that the affirmative does not meet that definition, that the interpretation is preferable, and that non-topicality should be a voting issue.
Historian Michael J. Pfeifer writes, " Contrary to the popular understanding, early territorial lynching did not flow from an absence or distance of law enforcement but rather from the social instability of early communities and their contest for property, status, and the definition of social order.

contest and dramatic
The United States presidential election held on November 3, 1896, climaxed an intensely heated contest in which Republican candidate William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan in one of the most dramatic and complex races in American history.
One of these, the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, erected by him to commemorate his victory in a dramatic contest in 335 BC, still stands.
At first, the festival held dramatic competitions only for comedy, but in 432 BCE a tragic contest was introduced.
Perhaps the most dramatic episode is the " contest of the gods ", in which Jehovah consumes an offered sacrifice in a column of fire, after a failed sequence of frantic prayers by the prophets of the god Baal.
Of his tragedies we know little except that the choir was still formed by Satyrs and that he was certainly the first to win a dramatic contest, says Aristotle, who introduced the actor () who responded to the choir.
He draws on Sennett and Cobb, who examine the " contest for dignity " in a context of dramatic inequality.
Despite their diminutive stature his Oxford crew won a dramatic Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race by the smallest ever recorded margin ( one foot ), and in so winning, they overturned the biggest weight deficit in the history of the contest.
The MSV defeated Rot-Weiss Essen in a dramatic contest on the last day of the season by three goals to none, which secured their promotion for the fifth time in the last two decades while relegating Essen.
A design contest was held for a signature span ( a span with distinctive and dramatic appearance, unique to the site ) by the Engineering and Design Advisory Panel ( EDAP ) of the Metropolitan
A dramatic modernisation was introduced in 1995 in an attempt to boost the profile of the contest.
The contest in the mind of Roger supplies a genuine dramatic interest in the manner of Corneille.
Many both within and outside the party believed that the constant speculation was highly damaging and so Major took the dramatic step to force an early contest.
Elaith prefers melee combat to magical but will often soften up his foes with a dramatic fireball or lightning bolt and then close to the up-close-and-personal contest of blades.
Kent won a dramatic contest by a single wicket despite needing several runs to win when their last pair came together.

contest and muscular
* At the beauty contest, the announcer introduces the muscular women as the " Iron Maidens ", a reference to rock band Iron Maiden.
When Epifania becomes smitten with Alastair, a muscular tennis player, she rigs the contest by giving him £ 500 in stock and then buying it back for £ 15, 000.
" In its advance story on the 1984 Ms. Olympia, Strength Training for Beauty noted that the 1984 Worlds turned into a contest between the " hypermuscular " women such as Roberts and winner Lori Bowen and the more middle-of-the-road women such as 1983 Ms. Olympia Carla Dunlap ( who was among the most muscular just two years earlier ).

contest and every
While visiting in Athens, King Minos ' son, Androgeus managed to defeat Aegeus in every contest during the Panathenaic Games.
MK has announced it will contest every seat in Cornwall at the next general election.
The home team won every game of the contest, as Minnesota won the series.
There are a lot of tapas contest and competitions all around Spain, Although there is only one National Tapas competiton which celebrates every year in November.
No official tallies are given for the number of entrants in either contest, but it is believed that thousands enter the Writers contest every quarter, while only hundreds enter the Illustration contest.
He left Castle Rising in 1702 so that he could contest the neighbouring but more important borough of King's Lynn, a constituency that would re-elect him at every subsequent general election for the next forty years.
Having spent time with every contestant came back to work in her favor as a trivia contest about the contestants gave her the immunity win and placed a target squarely on Kathy.
They won a hard-fought seven-game series against the Milwaukee Bucks, but they were swept by the Orlando Magic in the second round, with every game a one-sided contest.
A major community event is the Silver Salmon Derby, a fishing contest that takes place every fall.
The city also holds the beach front classic car show every summer and an annual dog-surfing contest.
Up to that point, the single sleeve valve had won every contest against the poppet valve in comparison of power to displacement.
According to Nat Fleischer in The Ring, December 1951, page 3, this was an extremely dirty fight, with " wrestling, heeling, eye gouging, tripping, thumbing-in fact every dirty trick known to the old timers .." Referee Ray Miller " let the bout get out of hand ..." " The pattern of the ' contest ' never varied.
In 1983, he fought five times, winning every contest by knckout.
Pepin celebrates her life every September with traditional music, craft demonstrations, a " Laura look-alike " contest, a spelling bee, and other events.
The theater later became the usual location for the annual contest, hosting it every year except in 1990, when the show was held at the Nuovo Mercato dei Fiori, also known as Palafiori.
Other events include the Tenco Prize ( autumn ), a song contest for authors dedicated to the memory of Luigi Tenco ; the Flowers Parade in January / February in which every city of the Italian Riviera presents an original composition of flowers displayed on a Carnival / Mardi-Gras style moving car ; and the summer Firework International Contest in the second week of August also called " Ferragosto ".
The contest between Nelson and Charles F. Kindred for the " Bloody Fifth ," as it became known, involved graft, intimidation, and election fraud at every turn.
And every year, as for over a century, thousands of fans attend the annual Thanksgiving Day football contest between Winchester High School and its long-time traditional rival, Woburn.
The village celebrates this every September with traditional music, craft demonstrations, a " Laura look-alike " contest, a spelling bee, and other events.
The rivalry between England and Australia gave birth to The Ashes in 1882 that has remained Test cricket's most famous contest, and takes place every two years.
The VFW and American Legion rules differed to a degree ( although American Legion rules predominated in nearly every contest ) and pressure increased to find a common judging system.
Since Kōchi Prefecture is well known for shodo ( 書道 ) or calligraphy, the Aki City Calligraphy Museum holds a nation-wide calligraphy contest every May, and another contest for High school students every July / August.

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