Word: conteste
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Months ago media pollsters declared the Republican race to be a contest between Vice President Bush and Senate minority leader Dole, pushing the lesserknown candidates out of the spotlight. Following former frontrunner Gary Hart's withdrawal last May, the Democratic race became a desperate search for a clear leader, extending even to non-candidates such as New York Governor Mario Cuomo. With none of the remaining seven candidates commanding a broad national following, they were soon referred to as "The Seven Dwarfs...
...that contest, Quaker Rick Maloney grabbed an offensive rebound with five seconds left and sank a 5-ft. jumper to drop the Crimson...
...central character of the interminable buildup, which customarily dwarfs the contest, figures to be the Redskins' Doug Williams, 32, the Super Bowl's first black starting quarterback. His initial reaction is to smile. "I can't go in there and tell the Broncos' defense I'm black and I'm doing this for black America," he says. "Maybe it's a little sweeter for me because of some of the things I've been through, but I'm doing it for the Washington Redskins and myself...
NATION: The primary race shifts from a beauty contest to a debate on economics...
...vegetarian." An economic downturn, retailers fear, might do more to depress the market. But so far, there seems little cause for alarm. As Vujosevic says about her priorities as she searches for her blue fox: "It was either going to be a coat or a co-op." No contest there...