Word: contest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...people contest the point that the costs of college education are rising and will continue to do so ad infinitum, so long as the national economy remains one of "gradual inflation." We have been converted and convinced, if not by the politicians, then by the educators and the economists that such is the case. In the face of this, to protest each increase as an increase seems futile and un-realistic...
...second singles, Gerry Emmet dropped the varsity's only match of the day in five games. As the contest began, it appeared as though Emmet's deft shot-making would soon bring the matter to a close. With very little effort he ran off to a 2-0 lead with a 15-12 and 15-9 advantage in the first two games but then let up, and Amherst's Skip Voncks was just able to edge into victory, 17-16, 15-11 and 17-16 in the last three games...
...Charles Chevalier, a flashy guard, and Kevin Loughery, who led all scorers with 19 points, the Eagles really went wild and stretched their lead to 18 points with 6:56 to play. Substitutes from both teams finished out the contest...
Tonight at Providence the Crimson might find the going even tougher than it did three weeks ago, for the sextet has had trouble there with Brown. Unless it can reverse the pattern of both the last Friar game and the contest with B.C. Monday night, goalie Harry Pratt will face a tough night...
...coveted apartments, a wild Lindy hop by two of the triumphant apartment hunters. Tame by Broadway standards, the dances proved to be crowd rousers on opening night. Otherwise, Composer Shostakovich's first excursion into musical comedy got only tepid applause. The Moscow cognoscenti diagnosed Cheryomushki as an unequal contest between composer and librettists, with Shostakovich's music clearly coming out the loser...