Word: contestable
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Oscar producers to mute sound during DEAD STARS montage, ending cruelest popularity contest ever...
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the Covenant School-Dallas Academy girls’ basketball game on January 13, the score was 100-0. Winning in a close contest is one thing, but this game didn’t even deserve to be called a blowout: it was humiliation, pure and simple. In a country where bad sportsmanship in professional sports is not only prevalent but enjoyed by spectators—see any bench-clearing brawl between the Red Sox and Yankees for proof—the story of this episode of unthinkable athletic proportions swept throughout...
...Negro" a few weeks after Obama's victory. The incumbent, Mike Duncan, was forced to admit during a campaign debate that he didn't use Twitter (gasp!), and Katon Dawson, the South Carolina Republican chairman, tried (unsuccessfully) to withdraw his membership from a white-only country club before the contest. Still, Steele maintained that race did not play a role in his victory, saying, "I am a Republican who happens to be African-American...
...with two free throws by freshman Keith Wright.From that point on, Harvard couldn’t buy a stop. With the exception of a ten-second violation forced by Housman and two missed free throws, Princeton scored on every trip down court to close out the contest. It posted a 23-15 run to finish the game.“They hit some tough shots, it wasn’t a lack of effort,” Housman said. “We need to improve on our communication. They confused us.”It was disappointing...
...both events. Sophomore Blake Lewkowitz and senior co-captain Eric Lynch also posted NCAA “B” times in the 1650 freestyle. Lynch recorded two additional NCAA “B” times throughout the two-day contest, finishing second in the 200-yard freestyle and fourth in the 500-yard freestyle. Senior co-captain David Guernsey also helped boost Harvard’s score, capturing himself a NCAA “B” cut in the 200-yard freestyle with a first-place time of 1:36.16. The Crimson’s medley relay...