The Contender was a break-open design that allowed barrels to be changed by the shooter in minutes.

The Contender, a boxing show, unfortunately became the first American reality show in which a contestant committed suicide after being eliminated from the show ; the show's winner was promised a shot at a boxing world championship.

The name of Thomas was also attached to the Book of Thomas the Contender, which was also in Nag Hammadi Codex II, and the Acts of Thomas.

He composed the theme for the television boxing series The Contender, and worked with Lorne Balfe on the music for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which was his first video game project.

The script was adapted by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon from the books Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin " Hurricane " Carter ( published in 1991 ), by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton, and The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To # 45472 ( published in 1974 ), by Rubin " Hurricane " Carter.

Later it was announced that Mysterio and Batista would face each other the following week to decide the Number # 1 Contender.

BATFE lost the case, and was unable to prove that possession of a short barrel for the specific pistol configuration of a Thompson Contender is illegal.

In September 2008, it was reported that Danza would host the 4th season of The Contender, which was filmed in Singapore and began airing in December 2008 on the Versus TV sports channel.

She has received three Academy Award nominations ; she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Nixon ( 1995 ) and The Crucible ( 1996 ), and for Best Actress for The Contender ( 2000 ).

She was also nominated for Best Actress for her role in The Contender ( 2000 ), in which she played a politician who becomes the object of scandal.

On August 11, 2005, ESPN announced that it was picking up the rights to a second season of the show, which began airing on the network in July 2006, although special editions under the Contender title are currently airing as of March, 2006.

The Contender was nominated for two Academy Awards: Joan Allen for Best Actress and Jeff Bridges for Best Supporting Actor.

A musical based on Farr's career, Contender, was composed by Mal Pope and premiered at the United Nations building in New York, followed by a season at Swansea's Grand Theatre.

The cartridge was chambered in the Thompson-Center Contender single shot pistols.

One of his lasting early successes was the design that became the International Contender.

The Contender was awarded International status in 1968 and now has fleets in more than twelve countries throughout the world.

His second was The Contender ( 2000 ), starring Gary Oldman.

Given its Classical Revival style of architecture along with the fact that its color is white, the Capitol was the double for the exterior shots of The White House featured in the movie The Contender.

Shortly after his Contender victory, he was invited to appear onstage at Schurr's June 2005 Renaissance Rally.

Mora's next fight was against fellow Contender participant Brian Vera.

He was a competitor on the reality TV show The Contender, where he ended up ranked third out of sixteen fighters.

In 2004, he entered reality tv show The Contender, and was placed on the West Coast Team.

In 2004, Gilbert was cast in NBC ’ s The Contender, working along side Sylvester Stallone, Sugar Ray Leonard and a mass of talented boxers and was introduced to Hollywood ’ s elite.

* Jeff Fraza, boxer, and contestant on reality television show The Contender

The Contender is a reality television series that follows a group of boxers as they compete with one another in an elimination-style competition, while their lives and relationships with each other and their families are depicted.

She also worked as a consultant for Mark Burnett's reality TV series The Contender.

Everlast has been providing equipment for the reality television show The Contender and The Biggest Loser.

Flavin has appeared as herself in numerous documentary-style programs including Hollywood Women, Good Day Live, American Gladiator, and The Contender – a boxing reality television series that also features Stallone.

Stallone is also an amateur boxer and appeared as a boxing consultant on the NBC reality television series The Contender in 2005.

He is the champion of reality TV show The Contender, initially being a member of the West Coast Team.

In 2004, Gilbert was cast on NBC's reality TV show The Contender.

NBCs reality show " The Contender " season one came calling for Salmaci.

He was the youngest contestant on reality TV show The Contender at the age of 18 years old.

Furthermore, the 2008 WBFSH rankings of top 30 sires of show jumpers were dominated by Holsteiners: # 6 Caretino, # 8 Libero H, # 11 Cassini, # 13 Calido, # 17 Carthago, # 18 Contender, # 19 Corrado I, # 20 Calvados, # 28 Corland, # 29 Acord II.

Brando made the following comment about his sex life in an interview with Gary Carey, for his 1976 biography The Only Contender, " Homosexuality is so much in fashion it no longer makes news.

A Contender dinghy on a reach.

( e. g. 470, 49er, Contender, Farr 40, Laser, Lido 14, RS Feva, Soling, Star, Thistle, etc.

Even bigger than the XP-100, the 1967 introduction of the Thompson Center Arms Contender pistol changed handgun sports forever.

Available in calibers from. 22 Long Rifle up to. 45-70, and in barrel lengths of 8, 10, and 14 inches ( 20, 25, and 35. 5 cm ), the Contender could, in the right hands, handle any type of game, and delivered rifle-like accuracy to match the XP-100.

* " Thomas E. Dewey, Presidential Contender " from C-SPAN's The Contenders

Many films and television shows have been filmed, in whole or in part, in Richmond, including The Box, Finnegan Begin Again, Hannibal, The Jackal, Hearts in Atlantis, The Contender, Shadow Conspiracy, Evan Almighty, and Iron Jawed Angels.

In 2000, he received his fourth Academy Award nomination, for his role in The Contender.

In the film The Contender, in which he co-starred, Bridges recorded a version of Johnny Cash's standard " Ring of Fire " with Kim Carnes that played over the pivotal opening credits.

* Dan Miller ( born 1981 ), UFC Contender, CFFC Middleweight Champion, IFL Middleweight Champion.

* Jim Miller ( born 1984 ), UFC Contender, CFFC Lightweight Champion, Reality Fighting Featherweight Champion.

WWII Comanche Code Talker Charles Chibitty, Academy Award winning actress Joan Crawford, WWII ace Robert S. Johnson, three time NBA champion Stacey King, former NBA All-Star Michael Ray Richardson, Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson, infamous University of Oklahoma quarterback Charles Thompson, NFL Pro Bowlers Will Shields and Jammal Brown, and 2006 Contender champion boxer Grady Brewer.

The borough is recognized as a Tree City USA and selected as a " Contender " for the best places to live in Pennsylvania by Money magazine.

The Book of Thomas the Contender, also from Nag Hammadi, is foremost among these, but the extensive Acts of Thomas provides the mythological connections.