Word: contestable
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...growing commercial relationship. Beijing obsesses over the fact that Taiwan is not within its jurisdiction. India and China eye each other warily over the Himalayas. And when North Korea collapses?as some day it will?South Korea, Japan and China might yet all find themselves drawn into a contest over the future shape and power of the Korean peninsula...
...With the contest trudging towards a third extra frame, a Raiders turnover handed possession back to Harvard at the Crimson blue line, where assistant captain Ryan Lannon threaded a perfect pass through traffic and squarely onto Du’s stick as he crossed into the Colgate zone. Skating unopposed, the center broke for the net, then nudged the puck across the crease to his forehand and tucked the game-winner inside the right post, ending the fourth-longest contest in the history of the ECAC playoffs four hours and four minutes after it began at the Pepsi Arena...
...that had lasted since Corriero tied the game just 38 seconds into the third period. On that goal, the second of the team’s two scores at 5-on-3, Corriero cleaned up the rebound from a Vaillancourt slapshot and tucked it past Clark to knot the contest...
...Harvard and Colgate men’s hockey teams boasted the second- and third-best defenses in the nation entering last night’s ECAC tournament semifinal, and when the scoreboard showed a 1-1 tie halfway through the final period, it seemed the contest would end a genuine goaltenders’ affair...
...ultimately, Harvard would do just that, when sophomore Kevin Du pushed the puck past Silverthorn on a breakaway to end the game well into a second overtime period, four hours and four minutes after the contest began...