Word: contestable
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...choose to, you too can do more than just watch. You can chat with friends (using existing instant-messaging services like Google Talk) in an unobtrusive transparent window while you watch a game or a mystery. Or you can vote on an American Idol--like contest. It means being able to share shows in real time with friends rather than having to wait until the next morning's watercooler chat...
...from YouTube. Given the fortunes Zennstrom and Friis had already accumulated, they could afford to gamble on the venture, which they have largely funded on their own. "They're cutting edge, passionate and aggressive," says Lucas Mann, co-founder of MusicNation, an artist-development company with a music-video-contest channel on Joost. "They're cyberpunks...
...while other psychological disorders like epilepsy and schizophrenia have been documented since ancient times. Since the onset of their literary quest over a year ago, the researchers at Harvard-affiliated Mclean hospital have promised $1,000 to anyone who can provide a pre-1800 counterexample to their claim. The contest, known as the “Repression Challenge,” can be found on the lab’s website at www.biopsychlab.com and has so far received over 100 submissions; but none have fit the study’s specific criteria. Among other stipulations, the criteria require that...
...general election, the poll showed that a Clinton versus McCain contest would be a virtual dead heat, while she would lose to Giuliani by 3%. Obama, according to the poll, would beat McCain by 4 points; but would trail Giuliani...
...diving team claimed a second-place finish at the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League championships this weekend in Princeton, N.J. The Crimson totaled 1220.5 points, falling short of the Tigers, who won with 1405 points. Harvard, led by junior Geoff Rathgeber, remained in second for all three days of the contest. Rathgeber won commanding victories in the 200-yard individual medley, 400-yard individual medley, and 200-yard backstroke, setting pool records in all three and a meet record in the 200-yard individual medley. He also placed second in the 400-yard medley relay and 200-yard free relay. Rathgeber...