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Word: contest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...relations and contends that he is "the only candidate able to bring people together." To cope with Atlanta's financial crisis, Cook urges that the city be consolidated with surrounding Fulton County. Massell bravely proposes a city income tax and invites nearby municipalities to join the city. The contest is close, and both Massell and Cook seem capable of carrying forward Allen's enlightened racial policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: CITIES: SHATTERED ELECTION PATTERNS | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

...pull off the hoax, "a Paul lookalike contest was held and a living substitute found in Scotland... an orphan from Edinburgh named William Campbell... Minor plastic surgery was required to complete the image." Not only did Campbell look amazingly like McCartney, according to LaBour, but "the difference in voice timbre between the original and phony Paul... was so slight" that the Scottish orphan was able to sound the same as Paul...

Author: By Jeff Magalif, | Title: Clues Do Not a Dead Man Make | 10/23/1969 | See Source »

Quincy sloshed in the mud with Lowell in the final contest, yet the cold rain prevented either side from ever reaching payday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland, Winthrop Elevens Romp To Pace Damp Intramural Action | 10/23/1969 | See Source »

...Harvard coach John Yovicsin knows that psychological ploys alone won't upset Dartmouth, and he's made several significant changes in both of his starting units to guarantee that Harvard will go into the contest Saturday with something more than high hopes...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Healthy Farneti Back, Hornblower Is Subpar | 10/22/1969 | See Source »

...story, was found pinned under his Astin-Martin, "with the top of his head sheared off," four hours after he drove off on a rainy night in November, 1966. "The surviving Beatles decided to keep the information from the public for as long as possible ...a Paul look-alike contest was held and a living substitute found in Scotland," LaBour wrote...

Author: By Jeff Magalif, | Title: Beatle Hoax Rumored: Paul Dead Since 1966 | 10/18/1969 | See Source »

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