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Word: contests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...America (1957 sales: $1.18 billion) has been fencing with the Justice Department in a series of antitrust matches. RCA, leading the industry in research, has been nicked by several actions designed to break its dominance of the electronics field. Last week the Government thrust hard to end the contest once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: RCA Under Fire | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

...toss-up events that may ultimately decide the contest are the high and broad jump. "We have three jumpers and they have three jumpers," McCurdy said, "but other than that all you have is an on-paper advantage...

Author: By Joseph T. Ferrucci, | Title: Squad Will Meet Army Trackmen | 2/21/1958 | See Source »

Crimson in Contest...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Improved Hockey Six Trounces B.C., 8-1; Varsity Defense Wrecks Eagles' Attack As Crimson Streaks to Year's 14th Win | 2/20/1958 | See Source »

...forget his sophomoric, tragically bombastic approach to America and look around for a while to find what makes it the way it is. Comedy is a thing that nobody will bother to argue; the damnation of the American cities or art or conformity are things lots of people will contest. But in Patchen's poems he gives you no cause that you can debate...

Author: By Gavin Scott, | Title: Open Madness | 2/20/1958 | See Source »

...have the best records of all the Eastern hockey teams and therefore are entitled to go. This all depends, of course, on the remaining games of the season. B.U. has to meet the third place team, Clarkson (8-2) this Saturday and the outcome of this contest will determine Clarkson's place in the whole picture...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Hockey Varsity Meets B.C. Tonight; Crimson, B.U. Stand High in NCAA | 2/19/1958 | See Source »

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