Also Lucy and Winslow had a private contest to see which one could make the most words from the letters in `` importunately ''.

Australia won the 1977 Centenary Test which was not an Ashes contest, but then a storm broke as Kerry Packer announced his intention to form World Series Cricket.

The contest ends when Elijah's God consumes the offering which the Baal worshipers could not induce their god to touch, after which Elijah slaughters the Baal prophets ( 1 Kings 18: 17 – 40 ).

His denunciation of the royal dynasty of Israel, and his emphatic insistence on the worship of Yahweh and Yahweh alone, illustrated by the contest between Yahweh and Baal on Mount Carmel, as told in 1 Kings 18, form the keynote to a period which culminated in the accession of Jehu, an event in which Elijah's chosen disciple Elisha was the leading figure.

At that moment, the nominal ruler of al-Andalus, emir Yusuf ibn ' Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri ( another member of the Fihrid family, and a favorite of the old Arab settlers ( baladiyun ), mostly of south Arabian or ' Yemenite ' tribal stock ) was locked in a contest with his vizier ( and son-in-law ) al-Sumayl ibn Hatim al-Qilabi, the head of the new settlers ( shamiyum, the Syrian junds or military regiments, mostly of north Arabian Qaysid tribes, which had arrived only in 742 ).

This began a fierce contest for power between Dost Mohammad's sons, which lasted for nearly five years.

With minor exceptions, balloting was considered free and fair by the local human rights organizations which monitored the contest.

He gained nominations to contest progressively safer seats at two subsequent General Elections and was in both cases elected, for Shrewsbury in 1841 ( despite serious opposition, and financial difficulties which opponents seized on ), and then for Buckinghamshire county in 1847.

" It was a hard-fought contest, leading Prince Eugene to observe – " I have not a squadron or battalion which did not charge four times at least.

Boxing ( pugilism, prize fighting, the sweet science or in Greek pygmachia ) is a martial art and combat sport in which two people engage in a contest of strength, reflexes, and endurance by throwing punches at an opponent with the goal of a knockout with gloved hands.

Amateur bouts which end this way may be noted as " RSC " ( referee stopped contest ) with notations for an outclassed opponent ( RSCO ), outscored opponent ( RSCOS ), injury ( RSCI ) or head injury ( RSCH ).

Besides living together under continuous observation, which is the major attraction of the contest, the program relies on four basic props: The stripped-bare, back-to-basics environment in which they live, the evictions, the weekly tasks and competitions set by Big Brother and the " Diary / Confession Room ", in which the housemates individually convey their thoughts, feelings, and frustrations and reveal their nominees for eviction.

In the context of emerging western imperialism and economic competition between European kingdoms seeking wealth through the establishment of trade routes and colonies, Columbus's speculative proposal, to reach the East Indies by sailing westward, eventually received the support of the Spanish crown, which saw in it a promise, however remote, of gaining the upper hand over rival powers in the contest for the lucrative spice trade with Asia.

That contest, which the Browns won 44-0, kicked off an era of dominance.

The hosts run a contest called the " Puzzler ", in which a riddle, sometimes car-related, is presented.

Ecuador continues to contest the boundary with Peru, which was established by the Rio Protocol of 1942 and ceded to Peru a large portion of territory east of the Andes.

Other myths say that Equuleus is the horse struck from Poseidon's trident, during the contest between him and Athena when deciding which would be the superior.

England contest the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championships which alternate biennially.

However, she was beaten in the contest ( although Encyclopedia admitted that she almost tricked him ), after which she became his friend.

To repel evil opinions by the good is the noble contest in which humans should engage ; it is not an easy task, but it promises true freedom, peace of mind ( ataraxia ), and a divine command over the emotions ( apatheia ).

The concept of picking players and running a contest based on their year-to-date stats has been around since shortly after World War II, Wilfred Winkenbach devised fantasy golf in the latter part of the 1950s, in which each player selected a team of professional golfers and the person with the lowest combined total of strokes at the end of the tournament would win.

Professional Supercross contest races are held almost exclusively within professional baseball and football stadiums.

Professional supercross contest races are held almost exclusively within professional baseball and football stadia.

In late 1992 a contest was launched exclusively in Electronic Gaming Monthly, which required the contestants to answer six multi-choice questions, and for which the " Grand Prize " was to have the person's likeness appear in this forthcoming game.

The STA also sends teams to contest regular events in other tournaments in Europe and won the

Touch Austria also sends teams to contest regular events in other tournaments in Europe.

His teacher sends him to Shaolin Monastery to attend a contest that is held once every ten years.

Aisha, along with Adam and Rocky, are in Angel Grove to participate in a ninja contest ; using this knowledge, Lord Zedd sends Goldar to capture them and hold them hostage in the Cave of Despair, planning to turn them into his evil Dark Rangers using a bite from the Serpent of Despair.

* 1997 – In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.

If these tournament rounds were held in one competition, up to 512 contestants would participate in the tournament, which is difficult to believe for a single contest.

The nervous contestants and their delegations delayed the start of the contest for hours.

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.

* The Long Walk-a novel by Stephen King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1979 as a paperback original-revolves around the contestants of a gruelling walking contest along a route that roughly follows and extends beyond the Boston Post Road.

Set in a dystopian present, the plot revolves around the contestants of a gruelling walking contest, held annually by a somewhat despotic and totalitarian version of the United States of America.

By the second year, the event added a men's great legs contest and a bikini contest that attracted contestants from all over California.

The team leaders arrive at the IMO a few days in advance of the contestants and form the IMO Jury which is responsible for all the formal decisions relating to the contest, starting with selecting the six problems from the shortlist.

A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges ' questions as judged criteria.

In 2008's contest " Race to Zero ", contestants submitted a version of given malware which was required to be undetectable by all of the antivirus engines in each round.

The " Doors Closing " contest attracted 1, 259 contestants from across the country.

There is also an annual BBQ Cookoff contest help each year in April that draws a large crowd and plenty of contestants vieing for the " Golden Pig ".

In 2010, Netflix canceled a running contest to improve the company's recommendation algorithm due to privacy concerns: under the terms of the competition, contestants were given access to customer rental data, which the company had purportedly anonymized.

Of the performers, many previous contestants returned to the contest this year.

The pageant originated as a beauty contest in 1921, but now prefers to avoid this term since Swimsuit and Evening Wear comprise only 35 percent of the overall score used to judge contestants.

It was decided that the country that won the contest would not necessarily host the next contest, in order to reduce the pressure on the contestants.

In 2001, he was one of 16 contestants from the first Spanish edition of ' Idol ' contest designed to choose the representative for the festival ' Eurovision ' of that year.

In that contest, 14 contestants were selected ( one from each city ), and the person making the longest shot was awarded a $ 1, 000, 000 zero-coupon bond.

In February 2008, he took part in the Italian Sanremo Festival, where he dueted in both English and Italian with contestant Paolo Meneguzzi on Meneguzzi's song, " Grande " (' Big '), during the third day of the contest ( where all contestants re-interpreted their songs with guest artists ).

In contrast to beauty pageants, there is no swimwear section in the Rose of Tralee contest and the contestants are not judged on their appearances but rather their over-all personality and suitability to serve as ambassadors for the festival.

The start of the game was announced as a surprise to the contestants, who were told that they would be participating in the clothes on their backs, most believing they were getting publicity shots prior to the contest, and that no additional supplies would be given to them.

You Can Be A Star weekday talent show program hosted by Jim Ed Brown in which contestants competed in a talent contest in hopes of winning a recording contract ; three celebrities guest starred each week as judges.

Should the top two contestants have the same score and same number of passes at the end of the contest then a tie-breaker is employed, in which the two contenders are each asked the same five questions ( one contender must leave the auditorium while the other answers ).