Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been called Benefits Forgot, a title lifted from Shakespeare's wintry hyperbole on man's ingratitude.* But even Shakespearean titles sometimes lack the necessary box-office smash to put across a photoplay that has no top-ranking box-office names. Late last month MGM ran a radio contest for a new title, paid a $5,000 prize to 17-year-old Roy Harris of Greenville, S. C. The investment produced wide publicity and a title near enough Of Human Bondage (TIME, July 9, 1934) to guarantee any motion picture a flying box-office start...
Leverett snagged the inter-House title in the track meet yesterday with 35 1/2 points. The meet was featured by a neck and neck contest in the broad jumping by Stuart and Mudge, both leaping exactly 19 feet 6 1/2 inches...
With its widely-heralded spelling contest a flop, the Lampoon editors retired into the inner depths of their pie-shaped building last night after a humiliating 23-2 defeat at the hands of the Wellesley newspaperwomen...
...cage and the puck hit some part of Johnson's equipment and slid inside the line. The Stubbsmen seemed to have played themselves out after they tied the game at three all, but in a last minute attempt, George Roberts combined beautifully with Ned Cutter to send the contest into overtime...
With so much at stake in tonight's game and the fact that the last game between the two sextets was so close and spirited, this evening's contest should be wide open and well worth seeing. In the first game fifteen penalties were handed out, one of which was a major. The Tigers will be thirsting for their first win over the Crimson in over two years, and the Stubbsmen will be out to redeem themselves...