Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With the B.s, as with most topflight architects, the contest of modern v. traditional may be all over, with the verdict going to the modernists. The general public has still to be convinced. Architecturally, argue modernists like Neutra, the public has nothing to lose but its chains. But to millions of Americans the chains the modern architect removes are still among the comforts of life: the overstuffed warmth of their living rooms; bedrooms big enough to serve as separate castles-and a refuge from the rest of the family; space to putter and store things in attics and cellars; walls...
...huge canopy of festive lights paid for by the Giornale, Trasteverini thronged happily to the feast. The sponsors had discarded an original plan to crown as "Miss Vino" the Trastevere girl who could drink the most wine, thought it would be even more imprudent to hold a regular beauty contest. "The first," explained a committeeman, "would not be dignified in these times; the second would be too dangerous, because there are too many girls in Trastevere who are the most beautiful...
Just Desserts. In Delaware, Ohio, Douglas Ditrick ate 13 ears in a corn-eating contest and won first prize: 15 ears of corn...
Slaughter (three out of six) and Pitcher Howie Pollet (who muffled the Dodger bats): Cards 14, Dodgers 1. In the fourth game, the Dodgers recovered their aplomb sufficiently to tie the Cards, 4-4, in a contest cut short to let both teams catch trains for the West. League leaders (by half a game): the St. Louis Cardinals...
...buildup was satisfying and 19,000 people paid $108,000 to get into Los Angeles' Wrigley Field. The question was whether it would be a show or a contest. Champion Williams had beaten Bolanos twice before-but the second time Williams had absorbed a stomach pounding and had won on a split decision. Last week there seemed to be an outside chance that Bolanos, an earnest, resourceful fighter, might tag Williams with a damaging shot or shade him on points...