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Word: contestation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...think the current race is the best, most riveting election campaign I have witnessed as an adult. I'm 56. Never before have I seen a primary campaign come down to the wire like this year's Democratic contest. Sure, hard-fought contests are bruising for all concerned, but I believe America will be better off next January, when the new President takes office, because of the election fights that took place this year. Now if only we could shorten the campaign season. Dave Peterson, Tucson, Arizona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...contest raised another question that haunts Obama to this day: Does he have the will to win? Halfway through the race, he took his family to Hawaii for Christmas, missing a key vote in Springfield on legislation to make illegal gun possession a felony. The measure was intended to deter violence in the kind of gun-ravaged neighborhoods he was seeking to represent. Illinois's governor, who called a special session to pass the measure, pleaded with Obama to come back. His staff did too. But Obama, who had previously supported the bill, refused to return for the vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama: How He Learned to Win | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

Obama's lunge for high office would not prove much of a contest. His Democratic rivals tore each other up, letting Obama's mostly keep to the high road. He never threw a lot of punches, but he never had to take one either. He lured both blacks and whites to his coalition without facing a clash of their interests. And the speech that turned out to be his most important won him the least attention. Not long before he announced his Senate candidacy, he agreed to speak at a downtown rally against the U.S. invasion of Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama: How He Learned to Win | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...think the current race is the best, most riveting election campaign I have witnessed as an adult. I'm 56. Never before have I seen a primary campaign come down to the wire like this year's Democratic contest. Back in January I was hoping for the same thing on the Republican side. Sure, hard-fought contests are bruising for all concerned, but I believe the nation will be better off next January, when the new President takes office, because of the election fights that took place this year. Now if only we could shorten the campaign season. Dave Peterson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...Indeed, the story line could have been picture perfect: senior Zach Widbin posted two goals and the youth of Duboe, fellow sophomore Jesse Fehr, and freshman Dean Gibbons accounted for the other four goals, demonstrating the present and future strength of the Crimson program.Unfortunately for Harvard, the final contest of the year also yielded inconsistent play. After spotting the Big Green a 3-0 lead in only 2:58, the Crimson found its footing following a critical timeout by Harvard coach John Tillman.“[The coaches] just told us to wake up,” Scholl said...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Season Comes to an Unsatisfactory Finish | 5/5/2008 | See Source »

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