Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...else. He said he was hopeless of a Third Party ticket this year. He said that the Issue was the Power Trust. He said he favored non-partisan support of "progressive" Congressional candidates this year, regardless of party ticket. He assumed that "nothing new will transpire in the Presidential contest." Hence the thing for "progressives" to do is to increase their balance of power in Congress and as soon as possible amend the Constitution to provide for direct popular election of the President and Vice President, "obliterating the useless and antiquated Electoral College." All this Senator Norris set forth...
...Bombay, Madras. Dutch Shell charged the oil was "stolen" by the Soviet from its pre-Revolutionary owners, including Dutch Shell itself. Determined to keep Russian stolen oil from India, it began a price-cutting war which made Indian gasoline-users chuckle with joy. They were the victors in a contest which was costing Standard Oil something like $4,000,000 annually, costing Dutch Shell perhaps three times as much...
...dance marathon is a sporting event in which the contesting teams, of which there may be any number, are composed of one male and one female person. The purpose of each team is to dance longer than any other team. The rules of the contest are few: teams may rest 15 minutes after dancing for one hour; when not resting they must dance, though almost any form of activity more noticeable than a shiver will fulfill this condition. For contestants the excitements of the game are somewhat limited; like horse-racing, its primary purpose is to excite spectators...
...evening of the twentieth day the contest ended. The nine couples who were tied for the lead were paid $955.56 each...
...rumble of private railroad cars, and knew that Indiana's 89 realtors had arrived for the convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Marion Stump, chosen to sing the praises of Indianapolis corner lots and bungalows, hoped to win the bitterly-fought "home town talk" contest. Hoosiers, among others, learned that the woman in the family buys the house, after considering these advantages: accessibility to golf courses, colored tile bathrooms, low window sills...