Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Now that the top Reagan team has been assembled, it is showing more signs of cohesiveness than most Administrations have at this stage. Yet some of its members will undoubtedly turn out to be more equal than others. A leading contender for the role of primus inter pares is Secretary...
The Hemenway inhabitants' sole chance for a piece of the nine-man national title rests on the slim chance that Yale--a team which is surprisingly strong this year and shows signs of being a formidable contender--upsets the Tigers and the Crimson and wins the rest of its matches...
Hagler's victory brought his record to 52-2-2. Obel, who was the number-one contender going into the fight, suffered his first loss in 31 bouts.
THE NOTEBOOK: The hoopsters have a doubleheader this weekend. Friday night the squad takes on Villanova, ranked 17th nationally and featuring a 6'4" center. Saturday the pressure eases somewhat as the hoopsters confront Williams, a less than awesome division II contender.
While a spokesman at the Philippine Embassy said that the Marcos government had not released "an official explanation of the event," sources at the Fletcher School, as well as Benigno Aquino, a contender for the Philippine presidency should Marcos fall and currently a fellow at Harvard's Center for International...