Word: competitors
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...meter dive are each evaluated by judges for artistic merit and degree of difficulty. After the highest and lowest marks are thrown out (no need to worry about that nasty East German judge), a composite score is calculated for each diver based on the above criteria and the competitor with the highest total wins the event, thereby earning points for his or her team...
Among Harvard students, Duehay was the runaway winner with 28 number one votes, in two precincts. Reeves, his next closest competitor, received 12 number one votes...
...predicts, "World War III starts." She notes that while other over-the-counter acid blockers had been on the British market for a year before Zantac 75 appeared in January, it took only three months to overwhelm the competition. "Zantac on the market will be a significant competitor," says Robert Kniffin, vice president of Johnson & Johnson's external communications. "We shall see." (As if Zantac 75's entry were not enough, another candidate in the same acid-blocker category, Eli Lilly's Axid, has also won tentative FDA approval for over-the-counter sale...
Radcliffe's lightweights were especially impressive, cruising to a decisive victory in the Eights category. Although they were beaten by five club crews, Radcliffe bested its closest collegiate competitor by over one minute (an eternity in rowing terms...
Deservedly so. His Chili Palmer is a Miami loan shark, the kind of good fellow who can shatter his competitor's nose and with a casually aimed shot nip a sliver off his scalp, in the process neither raising his voice nor losing his shy little smile. He's a much neater operative than Pulp's Vinnie. And his drug of choice is much less threatening; it's old movies. For he's also the kind of film geek who can identify Rio Bravo from a few snippets overheard on the TV set in another room, or mouth...