Word: contesters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...voters' swerve to the right was especially dramatic in Oregon's gubernatorial contest. After more than two decades as a citadel of liberalism, the state unexpectedly ousted Bob Straub, 58, a Democrat, and voted in Republican Victor Atiyeh, 55, a conservative state senator. But Oregon's voters were as inconsistent as those elsewhere. They re-elected Mark Hatfield, a perennially popular G.O.P. liberal, to a third term in the Senate...
Haskell's contest with Armstrong was along clear-cut liberal-conservative lines. Haskell never found a way to overcome charges that he favored Big Government and opposed tax cuts and key defense measures. During one debate, Armstrong pointed a finger at his opponent and declared: "Inflation is double digit again and it is caused by Senator Haskell...
...National Trotting and Pacing Association, each got exactly 8,551 votes. The tie made it impossible to settle such crucial matters as control of the speaker's job and the appointment of committee chairmen. Should the tie hold after a recount, the candidates will settle the contest by drawing lots from a paper bag. Complained Cole's wife: "People in a democracy are entitled to more than a poker game...
...Crimson eleven takes on a Yale squad at the Stadium this afternoon in a contest full of more history than Robinson Library. It's Massachusetts versus Connecticut, Cambridge versus New Haven (ugh), but most of all it's Harvard against venomous Yale. And for the members of the Class of '79 on Harvard's team, it's pride versus humiliation--a loss today would mean three straight shutouts by their '79 varsity counterparts in blue...
...shadows fell over the Stadium in the third quarter, both offenses showed signs of their first half potency, but the contest essentially became a fumble bowl, as both sides seemed determined to cough the ball...