Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The man who is the contender to win the Democratic party nomination is former middle-weight boxing contender and current State Representative from Newtown, A. Joseph DeNucci. He holds a sizable lead over his two opponents, Maura Hennigan and Charles Yancey, who are both Boston City councillors.
The road ahead for Honda may become treacherous as competitors begin offering greater financial lures and slick new models. Most auto experts, however, consider that the upstart has now established itself as the kind of contender that much bigger U.S. automakers would do well to watch closely. One reason for...
So who really won the first round of Michigan's confused Republican delegate-selection process last Tuesday? Well, Bush certainly came out on top, though hardly in a way that solidifies his status as clear front runner. And ! Robertson did well enough to establish himself as a real factor, though...
Bush was the first choice of 40% of the voters who expressed a preference in exit polls; his estimate that he emerged with about 50% of the delegates seems plausible. But to achieve those results the Vice President had to send in top operatives and spend $700,000. Robertson, who...
The guessing about who will succeed Kadar is Budapest's premier parlor game, encouraged by Kadar himself, who like any astute manager knows that prematurely designating a successor causes nothing but trouble for both boss and heir. Karoly Nemeth, 63, is his second in command in the party hierarchy and...