Word: contestable
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...Ponnudorai was good enough to win a national TV talent contest, playing an instrumental rendition of Killing Me Softly. But despite this early success, he had no thoughts of becoming a professional musician until lack of money stymied his desire to read English literature at university. At a loose end, and with the family having moved to Kuala Lumpur, he persuaded his mother to let him earn a few ringgits by playing a couple of hours a night at a bar where one of the older Ponnudorai boys was a regular. "That was 1979," Ponnudorai says. "I walked into that...
...Britain's role in Iraq and the government's perceived subservience to the U.S., as well as questions of probity raised by Labour's spin and an investigation into party fund raising. Brown won't officially start as Prime Minister until after the conclusion of a seven-week leadership contest. It should be a formality, given the absence of credible opponents, but champagne corks aren't yet popping to welcome his ascent to power. Everyone, fan and foe alike, acknowledges that Brown is a political giant, but still they wonder - is he big enough, or amiable enough...
...sophomore defensemen Eric Posner scored just 12 seconds into the game to give the Crimson a lead that it would never relinquish. Just 14 seconds later, Mahler scored on a feed from freshman defensemen Billy Geist, giving Harvard a two-goal lead less than half a minute into the contest. Cohen would beat Dartmouth goalie Michael Novosel once more in the period, but the Big Green scored two late goals to pull within...
Noticeably absent from the Harvard lineup in the team’s final game was senior midfielder Carle Stenmark, who left last week’s game against Yale early in the contest due to injury and wasn’t available for Saturday’s game with the Big Green. It was perseverance in the face of a number of injuries—most notably the ankle sprain that kept Calvert out of the first two Crimson contests—that highlighted the squad’s hardened spirit throughout the season...
...just dumbfounded.” “Why would OK Go do this?” lamented Jocelyn R. Sedlet ’10. Members of OK Go told The Crimson that they were equally surprised to be participating in the contest. “They just asked us to come here for an honorary membership, and they didn’t tell us any of the rest,” said guitarist Andy Ross, who told the audience that his interests include “kicking Harvard ass and taking names.” Drummer Dan Konopka said...