Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus ended the contest between twelve of the world's greatest masters of the game. Each had played eleven times, once with each of his opponents...
Divorced. Charles Spencer Chaplin, famed international buffoon; by Lita Grey Chaplin, onetime actress; in Los Angeles. Comedian Chaplin did not contest the action. Mrs. Chaplin was awarded approximately $500,000 and the custody of her two sons...
...Bedford sympathy stood the shock of Weisbord violence, still supports the orderly unions. Almost overshadowing the contest between owners and operatives is the war upon the radicals. And it is on the issue of this war that the immediate future of New Bedford depends...
...have before me the 1927 annual report of the German National Railway Company and find that the number of accidents in 1927, measured by traffic volume, was lower than under the excellent pre-war conditions in 1913. With pride and satisfaction this report shows that in the safety contest of the world's railroads the German roads are among the very first and compare favorably with the statistics of the American railroads...
Senator Gillett also described for the ladies of Springfield the charm, culture, intelligence of his friend, Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Then he said: "Of course, I cannot say very much of Mrs. Smith, because I have never known her, but if the contest was between Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Smith-He did not finish the sentence but the Republican ladies of Springfield thought they understood and applauded knowingly, enthusiastically...