Word: contestation
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...were judged. "The wine has to taste good. It also has to be perceived as good," said judge Anthony Dias Blue, wine and spirits editor of Bon Appetit magazine. All six of the selected wines passed the label test, and their makers were richly rewarded: the host of the contest...
...never had to. Karate: No. Kung Fu: I haven’t. FM: So much for practical...regardless: Karate, Wushu, Aikido, Kung Fu, and FM—no weapons, no mercy. Who wins? Wushu: We basically encompass all the other martial arts; it’s kind of no contest there. Aikido: Aikido could win, by turning the other people against each other—that would be an Aikido way of dealing with things. Karate: When you learn to fight, you learn to fight for your style. If you’re talking about all-out ass kicking, it?...
...we’re stuck. It’s hard to blame the ECAC, which scheduled the Harvard-Cornell contest, since it includes twelve schools and Harvard football isn’t really in its purview. Nevertheless, its scheduling decision has forced us to choose between the two games, which essentially means we’re forced to miss Harvard-Cornell...
...when Harvard and Yale met for the 85th time, both teams entered the contest with matching 8-0 records. But the Bulldogs were the heavy favorites: they were ranked in the top 20 nationally (before the Division I subdivisions existed), were riding a 16-game winning streak, and boasted the vaunted combination of quarterback Brian Dowling and halfback Calvin Hill...
...Serbian government was taken aback by the report, but did not try to contest the findings. "I am well aware of how horrible things are," Rasim Ljajic, the Serbian minister for labor and social policy, told TIME. "I couldn't sleep for three days after my first visit to Kulina...