Word: contest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Goateed Mark "Marge" Frantz defeated ten female contestants in the homecoming queen contest at Temple University with 64 per cent of the votes cast. Conceded one student, "Homecoming never amounted to anything. Now it's really something...
Three weeks ago, the Crimson succumbed to a late second-half rally and lost to the Bruins, 9-3, but the adverse playing conditions may have prevented the contest from serving as a true test for either team...
Only 6605 fans thought it worth their while to attend the game, but they were rewarded with a contest full of fouls, and they saw John Havlicek ejected after picking up two technical fouls in eight seconds...
Despite the furor over his nomination, neither Haynsworth nor his wife publicly expressed bitterness about the contest that could undermine both his reputation and his present position as chief judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mrs. Haynsworth was philosophical: "Sad, but que sera sera." Haynsworth refused to discuss the substantive issues in the controversy. But he did point out that the press had failed to report testimony in his favor given to the Senate Judiciary Committee...
...black, the others in white; an inside picture shows Paul as a soldier above a sign reading "I Was You"; the back cover shows him wearing a black flower-the other three have red ones-alongside a funeral wreath. For a final tipoff, Gibb recalled a McCartney look-alike contest held two years ago. The winner was never announced, said the disk jockey, because he filled Paul's slot. Nonsense, answered a Beatle flack: "I haven't seen him for a few weeks, but I know he's there...