Word: contest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson playing in general, however, was excellent and it was only Princeton's depth that finally won the contest...
...peace was wonderful for Republicans, it was dismal for Democrats. Just before Knight's move, Democratic Attorney General Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown had announced his candidacy for governor, betting heavily on the fact of a Republican-splitting Knight-Knowland contest. His bet lost, Brown complained of a "cynical deal engineered by a reactionary darling hell-bent for the White House." But Pat Brown, described by a friend as "a great big Teddy bear who doesn't want to grow claws," has never shown any liking for a knockdown drag-out fight. And that was the only kind...
...nonprofit, nondenominational religious organization called the Partnership Foundation announced a contest open to clergymen and religious educators of all faiths and offering prizes totaling $40,250 (first: $10,000) for an answer to the questions: "How can man be made and kept conscious of the presence of God within him? How can man be inspired to accept the Partnership of God and practice the presence of God-promote a way of life that gives practical expression to the God-force within him? How can children be made to believe 'God is my ever-present Partner...
...that he ships her off to a convent. Wrong train, of course, and Brigitte winds up in Paris in the company of two young journalists (Daniel Gelin and Robert Hirsch) who have no money but plenty of notions. Brigitte soon gets one of her own, and enters a striptease contest to get rich quick. It turns out to be slow work, though, especially for the audience. Most of the time the journalists seem to be doing a class-day imitation of Martin and Lewis, and though Brigitte undresses charmingly, she's just a bit too sisterly about it. Still...
...contest will close on Saturday at 2 p.m., half an hour after starting time...